Analyze chattel slavery as the integrated economic + social + legal system of the US South 1850 — cotton kingdom, 3.95M enslaved per 1860 Census, Atlantic + global cotton commodity chain — refusing 'slavery was unprofitable and dying' framing
Exercise
Difficulty 1
~1 min
hist.g8.f.ex_07
Short Answer
Prompt
How many enslaved people did Harriet Tubman free across her ~13 trips on Underground Railroad 1850-1860?
How it's presented
mode
text
Answer criteria
type
numeric
correct
70
tolerance
5
Hints
- Trips were ~13.
- Each trip freed several people.
Misconceptions to watch
- Conflating Tubman's total liberation work (incl. Combahee Raid 750+) with UR trips only
Used in lessons