Freedom, Enslavement and Resistance

To provide financial assistance to formerly enslaved people.

To promote gradual emancipation through legal means.

To facilitate the escape of enslaved people to freedom.

To organize political protests against slavery.

Black abolitionists primarily provided financial support, while white abolitionists guided escapees.

Black abolitionists primarily focused on legal challenges to slavery, while white abolitionists managed safe houses.

Black abolitionists often guided and assisted those seeking freedom, while white abolitionists provided financial support, shelter, and transportation.

Black abolitionists and white abolitionists had identical roles and responsibilities within the Underground Railroad.

Using coded language and quilt patterns to communicate between safe houses.

Traveling primarily at night and using the North Star for navigation.

Openly advertising the locations of safe houses in local newspapers.

Relying on oral traditions and spirituals to spread news of successful escapes.

Only the northern United States.

The northern United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Only Canada.

Only Mexico.

A large percentage.

A significant percentage.

A small percentage.

The majority.

They led to a decrease in resistance among enslaved communities due to fear of recapture.

They inspired hope and resistance among enslaved communities, motivating others to attempt the journey.

They had no significant impact on the enslaved communities.

They primarily benefited enslavers by encouraging them to increase security measures.

To abolish slavery in the United States.

To provide legal protection to abolitionists.

To authorize the capture and return of escaped enslaved people.

To fund the Underground Railroad.

No legal consequences.

They were rewarded with land.

Legal consequences for assisting escaped enslaved people.

They were given government positions.

The Fugitive Slave Acts had no impact on free states, as slavery was already illegal there.

The Fugitive Slave Acts made free states safer for escaped enslaved people by providing them with legal protection.

The Fugitive Slave Acts allowed enslavers to free their enslaved people in free states without legal repercussions.

The Fugitive Slave Acts authorized the capture and return of escaped enslaved people in free states, essentially legalizing their kidnapping.

A financial benefactor.

A conductor who guided enslaved people to freedom.

A legal representative.

A writer of anti-slavery pamphlets.