Q 01/05

Which enslaved Virginian escaped by having himself shipped to Philadelphia abolitionists inside a wooden crate?

A) Nat Turner

B) Henry Brown

C) Dred Scott

D) Solomon Northup

Answer · why

B) Henry Brown

Henry Brown spent 27 hours in a box labelled as dry goods, carried by wagon, railroad and steamboat. He later toured England as a magician under the n...

Q 02/05

Harriet Tubman's rescue missions into slave territory earned her the name of which biblical prophet?

A) Moses

B) Elijah

C) Joshua

D) Daniel

Answer · why

A) Moses

Moses led the Hebrews out of Egypt, and Tubman made some 13 trips back south to bring about 70 relatives and friends out of slavery.

Q 03/05

Frederick Douglass escaped Baltimore by train in 1838 wearing the uniform of which profession?

A) A soldier

B) A coachman

C) A sailor

D) A postman

Answer · why

C) A sailor

A sailor's uniform and a free seaman's papers carried Douglass to New York in under 24 hours. His future wife, Anna Murray, supplied the clothes and p...

Q 04/05

Which pattern in the night sky did freedom seekers call the drinking gourd and use to find north?

A) Orion's Belt

B) Cassiopeia

C) The Southern Cross

D) The Big Dipper

Answer · why

D) The Big Dipper

The Big Dipper gave its nickname to the folk song Follow the Drinking Gourd, though scholars doubt that such songs carried real directions for people ...

Q 05/05

Harriet Tubman often began escapes on which evening, since runaway notices could not be printed until Monday?

A) Friday

B) Saturday

C) Sunday

D) Wednesday

Answer · why

B) Saturday

Saturday starts bought her groups a head start, and she usually worked in winter, when long nights and cold weather kept people indoors.