Underground Railroad Timeline
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Underground Railroad Timeline
A Short History
Long ago, slavery was legal in much of the United States. Enslaved people were forced to work and were not free to choose where to live. Some risked dangerous journeys to escape. People who opposed slavery helped them hide, find food, and travel toward places where they could be free. This secret network became known as the Underground Railroad. Its helpers were sometimes called conductors, and safe places were sometimes called stations. Harriet Tubman escaped slavery in 1849. She later returned many times to help other people seek freedom. In 1863, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared freedom for enslaved people in areas rebelling against the United States. In 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment ended slavery throughout the United States.
Put the Events in Time
Use the timeline to see how the dates move from earlier to later.
- A safe place where a traveler might hide or rest
- A place where steam trains stopped
- A school for conductors
- A government office
- She guided other people seeking freedom
- She built a railroad for trains
- She became president
- She wrote the Thirteenth Amendment
- Harriet Tubman escaped slavery
- Emancipation Proclamation issued
- Thirteenth Amendment ratified
- 1863
- 1849
- 1865
- It helped enslaved people seek freedom
- It carried goods between cities
- It was a law that ended slavery
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