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**The Underground Railroad: The "Road" More or Less Traveled?** **Objectives**: 1) Explain who Harriet Tubman was and her importance in the underground rail road. 2) Justify their decision on whether they would follow Harriet Tubman or stay as a slave.

Answer: Harriet Tubman was a slave who was born in 1820. She was born into the life of slavery and it was the only life she had ever known. In 1846, she learned that she was going to get sold to a different plantation. Instead of following these orders, she ran away. Her running away inspired her to let other slaves enjoy the life of freedom that she now had. She led groups of slaves into the North, where they could be free, and she gave direction to all that wanted to follow. I would follow Harriet Tubman. Even though it is a very dangerous journey to the North, the life of freedom that comes with it, instead of working all day, being treated unfairly, and having poor living conditions, is well worth the risk.

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 * < "A Passage to Freedom." //Art.com//. Art.com Inc, 2012. Web. 25 Mar. 2012.