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Extension: Underground Railroad (Virtual) Field Trip<br />
Have students visit the following sites to discover more about the Underground Railroad<br />
(UGRR) on both sides of the 49 th parallel:<br />
National Underground Railroad Freedom Centre: http://www.freedomcenter.org/<br />
John Freeman Walls Underground Railroad Museum:<br />
http://www.undergroundrailroadmuseum.org/<br />
SECONDARY<br />
Ohio Underground Railroad Foundation: http://www.ugrrf.org/<br />
Buxton National Historical Site Museum: http://www.buxtonmuseum.com/<br />
Hubbard House Underground Railroad Museum: http://www.hubbardhouseugrrmuseum.org/<br />
Discussion Questions:<br />
1. What roles did people from different groups play in the UGRR (i.e. whites, Quakers, freed<br />
slaves, slaves, etc.)? Why?<br />
2. What laws made the work of abolitionists and participants in the UGRR difficult? Explore<br />
these and discuss the purposes they served.<br />
3. What role did morality play or not play in both the practice of slavery and the opposition to<br />
it, the abolition movement?<br />
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Philosophy Extension: Compare the morality of slavery from both Utilitarian<br />
Deontological perspectives.<br />
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