THE FREEDOM GIVERSJosiah Henson(June15,1789May5,1883)wasanauthor,abolitionist,andminister.Bornintoslavery,inPortTobacco,CharlesCounty,Maryland,heescapedtoUpperCanada(nowOntario)in1830,andfoundedasettlementandlaborersschoolforotherfugitiveslavesatDawn,nearDresden,inKentCounty,UpperCanada,ofBritishCanadaTheJosiahHensoncabin,inRockville,MontgomeryCounty,MarylandDresden,Ontario,Canada.JosiahHensonInterpretiveCentre,nearDresden,Ontario,Canada.UncleTomsCabinHistoricSiteincludesthecabinthatwashometoJosiahHensonduringmuchofhistimeinthearea,from1841untilhisdeathin1883.Thefive-acrecomplexincludesHensonscabin,aninterpretivecentreaboutHensonandtheDawnsettlement,anexhibitgalleryabouttheUndergroundRailroad,outbuildings,a19th-centuryhistorichouse,acemeteryandagiftshop.Provincialplaque,placedbytheGovernmentofOntario,memorializingHensonsDawnSettlement,nearDresden,OntarioHarriet Beecher StoweJune14,1811July1,1896Stowe claimed to have a vision of a dying slave during a communion service at the college chapel, which inspired her to write his story. However, what more likely allowed her to empathize with slaves was the loss of her eighteen-month-old son, Samuel Charles Stowe. She even stated the following, Having experienced losing someone so close to me, I can sympathize with all the poor, powerless slaves at the unjust auctions. You will always be in my heart Samuel Charles Stowe .Shortly after in June, 1851, when she was 40, the first installment of her Uncle Toms Cabin was published in serial form in the newspaper The National EraBarbaraCarter: Her devotion to her ancestor is about more than personal pride: it is about family honor.AmericanfictionAracialselloutunwillingtostandupforhimselfVSAmanofprincipleAfrican-American MosesMoses with the Ten CommandmentsMosesisaprophetintheAbrahamicreligions.AccordingtotheHebrewBible,hewasadoptedbyanEgyptianprincess,andlaterinlifebecametheleaderoftheIsraelitesandlawgiver,towhomtheauthorshipoftheTorah,oracquisitionoftheTorahfromHeavenistraditionallyattributed.MosesisthemostimportantprophetinJudaism.HeisalsoanimportantprophetinChristianity,Islam.This stop was only part of a much larger missionMap of various Underground Railroad escape routes in the Northern United States and Canada A secret web of escape routes and safe houses that they used to liberate slaves fro the American South.It is a museum in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio based on the history of the Underground Railroad. Opened in 2004, the Center also pays tribute to all efforts to abolish human enslavement and secure freedom for all people.John Parker (abolitionist) (1827January30,1900)Parker, who was African American, helped hundreds of slaves to freedom in the Underground Railroad resistance movement based in Ripley, Ohio. He rescued fugitive slaves for nearly fifteen years. He was one of the few blacks to patent his inventions before 1900. His house in Ripley has been designated a National Historic Landmark and restored.TherestoredJohnP.ParkerhouseinRipley,Ohio.The River Man on Parker: black conductorTrouble Dont Last (2003), Shelly Pearsall based her character of The River Man on Parker an American abolitionist, inventor, iron moulder and industrialist.The John P. Parker Historical Society was formed in 1996 to preserve and interpret knowledge of John Parker and his family; it has worked to restore the house and operate it as a museum with exhibits and educational programs White conductor: driven by religious convictionsQuaker abolitionist Levi Coffin and his wife Catherine helped more than 2,000 slaves escape to freedom. He was given the unofficial title of President of the Underground Railroad. An estimated three thousand fugitive slaves are believed to have reported to have passed through his care. The Coffin home in Fountain City, Indiana, is often called the Grand Central Station of the Underground Railroad.National Underground Railroad NetworkFollowinguponlegislationpassedin1990,in1997,CongresspassedH.R.1635,whichPresidentBillClintonsignedintolaw,andwhichauthorizedtheUnitedStatesNationalParkServicetoestablishtheNationalUndergroundRailroadNetworktoFreedomprogramtoidentifyassociatedsites,aswellaspreservethemandpopularizetheUndergroundRailroadandstoriesofpeopleinvolvedinit.TheNationalParkServicehasdesignatedmanysiteswithinthenetwork,postedstoriesaboutpeopleandplaces,sponsorsanessaycontest,andholdsanationalconferenceabouttheUndergroundRailroadinMayorJuneeachyear此课件下载可自行编辑修改，仅供参考！感谢您的支持，我们努力做得更好！谢谢