Book Report for Underground Railroad
William Wang
Mrs. Smart
Book Report Midterm Report
Underground Railroad
Dramatic First-Hand Accounts 1. Alabama a. Narrative of Peter Still i. This narrative appears in stills Underground Railroad Records ii. One of the greatest documents of the underground railroad iii. The life, struggles, and success of Peter and his Family were ably brought before the public in “The Kidnapped and the Ransoms” iv. His Parents Levin and Sidney were both slaves on the Eastern shore of Maryland v. The father was able to buy his freedom at a low sum vi. But the wife and mother remained a slave vii. The wife had four children, two girls and two boys viii. Fled to Greenwich New Jersey to escape bondage ix. Even though she had a glimpse of freedom, the slave hunters still captured her x. For three months she was kept locked up at night to prevent escaping again xi. After the punishment ended the owner thought that she would not escape again but she escaped but only brought the girls xii. Escaped for a final freedom at Burlington County, New Jersey xiii. She changed her name to Charity xiv. Was able to be joined with her husband once again xv. Peter and his brother Levin were sold by the enraged owner to a southern market 2. Georgia and Florida xvi. At Georgia’s forming, slavery was prohibited by law xvii. Judge Leon A. Higginbotham, Jr. announced that he did not pass the law for humanitarian reasons nor did it move Georgia courts to a more sympathetic view xviii. By the 1830’s pro slavery propagandists had destroyed most of the antislavery sentiment, and cotton became king xix. Wealthy planters continued to participate in the illegal slave trade and the idea of emancipation and its implementation grew stronger xx. Many runaway slaves made good their escape
Mrs. Smart
Book Report Midterm Report
Underground Railroad
Dramatic First-Hand Accounts 1. Alabama a. Narrative of Peter Still i. This narrative appears in stills Underground Railroad Records ii. One of the greatest documents of the underground railroad iii. The life, struggles, and success of Peter and his Family were ably brought before the public in “The Kidnapped and the Ransoms” iv. His Parents Levin and Sidney were both slaves on the Eastern shore of Maryland v. The father was able to buy his freedom at a low sum vi. But the wife and mother remained a slave vii. The wife had four children, two girls and two boys viii. Fled to Greenwich New Jersey to escape bondage ix. Even though she had a glimpse of freedom, the slave hunters still captured her x. For three months she was kept locked up at night to prevent escaping again xi. After the punishment ended the owner thought that she would not escape again but she escaped but only brought the girls xii. Escaped for a final freedom at Burlington County, New Jersey xiii. She changed her name to Charity xiv. Was able to be joined with her husband once again xv. Peter and his brother Levin were sold by the enraged owner to a southern market 2. Georgia and Florida xvi. At Georgia’s forming, slavery was prohibited by law xvii. Judge Leon A. Higginbotham, Jr. announced that he did not pass the law for humanitarian reasons nor did it move Georgia courts to a more sympathetic view xviii. By the 1830’s pro slavery propagandists had destroyed most of the antislavery sentiment, and cotton became king xix. Wealthy planters continued to participate in the illegal slave trade and the idea of emancipation and its implementation grew stronger xx. Many runaway slaves made good their escape