Question

What can be done to bring more attention to all of the conductors of the Underground Railroad?

Answer 1

What class is this for?

Answer 2

history-

Answer 3

Underground Railroad conductors were free individuals who helped fugitive slaves traveling along the Underground Railroad. Conductors helped runaway slaves by providing them with safe passage to and from stations. They did this under the cover of darkness with slave catchers hot on their heels. Many times these stations would be located within their own homes and businesses. The act of harboring fugitive slaves put these conductors in grave danger; yet, they persisted because they believed in a cause greater than themselves, which was the freeing of thousands of enslaved human beings.

These conductors were comprised of a diverse group of people. They included people of different races, occupations and income levels. There were also former slaves who had escaped using the Underground Railroad and voluntarily returned to the lands of slavery, as conductors, to help free those still enslaved. Slaves were understood to be property; therefore, the freeing of slaves was viewed as stealing slave owners’ personal property. If a conductor was caught helping free slaves they would be fined, imprisoned, branded, or even hanged.

Jonathan Walker was a sea captain caught off the shore of Florida trying to transport fugitive slaves to freedom in the Bahamas. He was arrested, imprisoned and branded with the letter “S.S.” which stood for slave stealer. The abolitionist poet John Whittier paid tribute to Walker’s courageous acts in one of his poems saying: "Then lift that manly right hand, bold ploughman of the wave! Its branded palm shall prophesy, 'Salvation to the Slave!'"

Harriet Tubman, perhaps the most well-known conductor of the Underground Railroad, helped hundreds of runaway slaves escape to freedom. She never lost one of them along the way. As a fugitive slave herself, she was helped along the Underground Railroad by another famous conductor…William Still. He went on the write The Underground Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters…, a book which contains descriptions of fugitive slaves’ escape to freedom by way of the Underground Railroad. John Parker is yet another former slave who escaped and ventured back into slave states to help free others. He conducted one of the busiest sections of the Underground Railroad, transporting fugitive slaves across the Ohio River. His neighbor and fellow conductor, Reverend John Rankin, worked with him on the Underground Railroad. Both of their homes served as Underground Railroad stations.
thats the reading for it but i dont see anything that has to do with that question

Answer 4

I think it's asking for your opinion on how to bring more awareness to the conductors of the Underground Railroad.

Answer 5

ah okay thank you

Answer 6

im a bit slow when it comes to figuring out the meaning of questions