Vocabulary Facts Year 5 Autumn 2 Knowledge Organiser Underground railroad – Democracy 2: Slavery and the Underground Railroad

People Safe house – Henry “Box” Brown

Conductor –

Harriet Tubman Fugitive –

Abolitionist –

Rosa Parks Transatlantic slave trade triangle –

Plantation –

Paul Stephenson

Slave master –

The Middle Passage –

Pennsylvania – Timeline Maps and Images

1518 – Boycott –

Civil rights –

1833 –

Activist –

1849 – Quotes

1849 – ― Harriet Tubman. 1865 -

1955 -

1963 – – .

Vocabulary Facts Year 5 Autumn 2 Knowledge Organiser Underground railroad – The name given to a network of • Slaves had no rights and were the property of Democracy 2: Slavery and the Underground Railroad abolitionists and secret routes which helped slaves escape to their ‘master’. freedom. People • Slaves were whipped as a punishment if they Safe house – Abolitionists would hide fugitive slaves in their did not follow orders. Henry “Box” Brown was a famous man who escaped slavery to freedom by mailing himself in a wooden houses whilst travelling along the underground railroad. Houses • If a slave had children, that child would crate to Philadelphia. were known as ‘stations’.

automatically become a slave and property of Conductor – A person who was part of the underground railroad the master. helping slaves to freedom. Harriet Tubman was born into slavery. She escaped • Slaves were sold at a slave market. Families to Philadelphia and then returned to help 70 people Fugitive – A person who has escaped captivity and is hiding were often separated. by using the underground railroad. from the law. • At least 12 million Africans were taken to the Abolitionist – A person who fought for the abolition (end) of slavery. Americas as slaves between 1532 and 1832

• The journey known as the middle passage, took Transatlantic slave trade triangle – Goods were transported from Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist. In 1955, she Britain to Africa and exchanged for slaves. Slaves were an average of seven weeks. Slaves were led a bus boycott in Montgomery, America because chained and tightly packed on ships with as little she refused to give up her seat for a white person transported from Africa to the Americas. Goods were then because she was black. transported from the Americas to Britain. as 4 feet of space. Around 15% died during the journey. Plantation – A large farm where crops such as sugar, cotton and tobacco were farmed by slaves. • worked up to 18 hours a day, sometimes longer at busy periods such as harvest. There were Paul Stephenson was a civil rights activist. In 1963, Slave master – A person who bought a slave. Slaves were he started the Bus Boycotts (inspired by Rosa considered to be their master’s property. no weekends or rest days. Parks) because they refused to hire Black and Asian • There were slave trading ports in Liverpool, people. This led to the Race Relations Act in 1965 The Middle Passage – The dangerous voyage across the Atlantic which made it illegal to discriminate a person based Ocean in horrendous conditions. London and Bristol. on their race in public places. Pennsylvania – A North American state which was one of the first to abolish slavery.

Boycott – A form of non-violent protest Timeline Maps and Images Civil rights – Rights protected by law that mean you cannot be 1518 – The first known transportation of slaves discriminated against based on your race, religion, or other directly from Africa to America characteristics.

1833 – The Abolition of Slavery Act is passed, Activist – A person who campaigns for social or political change which slowly abolishes slavery in Britain to make the world a better place.

1849 – Henry ‘Box’ Brown mails himself to freedom in Pennsylvania. Quotes 1849 – Harriet Tubman escaped slavery. “Every great dream begins with a dreamer,” 1865 – Slavery is abolished in the ― Harriet Tubman. 1955 - Rosa Parks and the

1963 – Bristol Bus Boycott “No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in,” Transatlantic slave trade triangle – Rosa Parks.