Music and the Underground Railroad
Primary Sources:
Images of Sheet Music
https://library.csun.edu/SCA/Peek-in-the-Stacks/slave-resistance
Images of Sheet Music
https://library.csun.edu/SCA/Peek-in-the-Stacks/slave-resistance
Useful Links
Singing in Slavery: Songs of Survival, Songs of Freedom
http://www.pbs.org/mercy-street/blogs/mercy-street-revealed/songs-of-survival-and-songs-of-freedom-during-slavery/ The Superpower of Singing: Music and the Struggle Against Slavery https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/the-superpower-of-singing-music-and-the-struggle-against-slavery.htm Harriet Tubman and other slaves used songs as a strategy to communicate with slaves in their struggle for freedom. Coded songs contained words giving directions on how to escape also known as signal songs or where to meet known as map songs http://www.harriet-tubman.org/songs-of-the-underground-railroad/ |
Henry "Box" Brown
Motivation for escaping, planning and preparation to obtain his freedom, the aftermath of his journey https://www.pbs.org/black-culture/shows/list/underground-railroad/stories-freedom/henry-box-brown/ Biography https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/brown-henry-box-1815-or-1816-1897/ Slavery Cost him his family. That’s when Henry Box Brown Mailed Himself to Freedom https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/12/28/slavery-cost-him-his-family-thats-when-henry-box-brown-mailed-himself-freedom/ Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Written by Himself https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/brownbox/brownbox.html Lithograph This rare lithograph, titled The Resurrection of Henry “Box” Brown at Philadelphia, shows the moment that the box was opened in the office of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society and Brown emerged. https://virginiahistory.org/learn/resurrection-henry-box-brown Lesson https://k12database.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2013/11/HenryBoxBrown.pdf |
Native Americans and the Underground Railroad
Native Americans and the Underground Railroad
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/native-americans-and-the-underground-railroad.htm
The Native Americans Who Assisted the Underground Railroad
http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/173041
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/native-americans-and-the-underground-railroad.htm
The Native Americans Who Assisted the Underground Railroad
http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/173041