1. ILA
Emily Andris

2. GLCE
4-H3.0.7 Use case studies or stories to describe the ideas and actions of individuals involved in the Underground Railroad in Michigan and in the Great Lakes region.

3. Books

4. Maps

5. Images John Rankin’s house Underground Railroad Memorial
in Battle Creek
Harriet Tubman with escaped slaves at an Underground Railroad station

6. Poetry The Underground Railroad by Frances C. Taylor
On and on in the dead of night The weary slave seeks Freedom through flight. His clothes are tattered, His feet are bare; They bleed from frostbite. Does no one care?
He follows the Star With a hope that shines As dark, through the night, The trail he finds. “The Underground Railroad”- He’s heard its name This railroad to freedom Is not in vain.
“As God as my witness, I’ll follow the Star O’er the Underground Railroad Though I know it’s far To Canada’s shores. But I’ll then be free With manumission papers Issued to me.
Many hands have guided These weary feet From station to station May I repeat – The conductors that guided me Have been led by God By a faith That is free.”
The Voice of the Slave
 In here, quick, so they don’t see
The escape we’re trying to make.
We’ll get shipped off to Canada
By the large Ontario Lake.
We’ve got to be quiet and careful
We’ve found our chance to be free.
Our lives right now are worthless,
And that isn’t how they should be.
After crawling through this tunnel
That was made for us who slaved.
We’ll count our blessings every day:
Praise God! Praise God! We’re saved.
Freedom House
Proud to have served the North
Helping slaves be free.
Passing through my walls
At the home of Featherly.
Hiding them in cellars
During most of the day,
But when the skies turned dark,
Through my secret part to the Bay.
They couldn’t have escaped without me,
Because, when I hid a slave,
The South didn’t know where to look,
They were in my secret cave.

7. Music “Go Down Moses” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf6jBP4YXwo
“Follow the Drinking Gourd”

8. Websites
Pathways to Freedom About the Underground Railroad
National Geographic Education The Underground Railroad: The Journey underground-railroad/?ar_a=1
Scholastic The Underground Railroad: Escape to Freedom

9. Works Cited
Dnr-black history month. (2006, May 18). Retrieved from railroad-poem/
Follow the drinking gourd. (n.d.). Retrieved from the Drinking Gourd.html
Follow the drinking gourd- richie havens. (2008, December 03). Retrieved from
Louis armstrong-go down moses. (2012, January 13). Retrieved from
Pathways to freedom:about the underground railroad. (2013). Retrieved from
Port huron museum . (2012). Retrieved from
Scholastic (2013). The underground railroad: escape to freedom. Retrieved from
Taylor, F. (1995). On the underground railroad. Retrieved from underground-railroad-poem/
The underground railroad- national geographic channel . (2013). Retrieved from
The underground railroad. (1996, April). Retrieved from
Underground railroad poems. (1996, April). Retrieved from point/underground-railroad-poems/