Anybody know what time does the train leave????
Guess what month it is!!!!!!....Ok it is February which
means……….FEBRUANY deals at
SUBWAYYYYYY (YAY). Ok so, Subway is not the real reason why I am writing this
blog. However, it still pertains to a train and not the kind of train or subway
your thinking about.
Can you guess………………………………….???????????????? THE UNDERGROUD
RAILROAD...duh its Black History Month. Ok so if you did not know that this
month was dedicated to Black History then you have definitely been hiding under
a rock.
But anyway, I mainly wanted to write about the Underground
Railroad…and sadly this was brought on by a Subway commercial. However, as you
may or may not know the Underground Railroad was not actually a railroad or
train system at all. Straight from the PBS network, the Underground Railroad
was a huge network of people that helped runaway slaves escape from South. This
network system helped moved hundreds upon hundreds of slaves to the North as
well as Canada each year. Historians are
estimating that this network to help escaped slaves began in the late 18th
century.
Nicknamed the “Underground Railroad” in 1831, they coincidentally had a lot of railroading terms. For example, homes that escaped slaves stayed
in were called “stations” and “conductors” were responsible for moving slaves
from one station to the next.
So What Do You Think? Could you have escaped during that
time?
Oh and by the way….the “Great Escape” was not easy. Never
mind travelling 10 to 20 miles between stations, running from dogs, slave
masters, and hiding in barns for your
life…seems like pretty heavy stuff to deal with.
Harriet Tubman…one of the most notable African Americans for
her actions with the Underground Railroad served as a “conductor”. “During a
ten-year span she made 19 trips into the South and escorted over 300 slaves to
freedom,”…but I you already knew that.
ANYWAYS….tell me your thoughts!!! DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD
HAVE MADE IT?
Also feel free to name a notable African American…I will do
my best to write a blog about it and share YOUR idea/event/person with the WORLD.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2944.html
Written by Ashlee Babb, TWP Volunteer
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2944.html
Written by Ashlee Babb, TWP Volunteer
