UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
-The Underground Railroad was a series of secret networks and safe houses which in turn helped African Americans escaped slavery.
-Paper must be written in MLA format, and MUST include proper in-text
citation of sources AND a “Works Cited” page at the end of the paper.
Research Paper MUST use that thesis statement, or basic argument
for the essay, THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT WITH 2 PRIMARY AND 4 SECONDARY SOURCES, based upon your own research.
-Paper will have a minimum of 2 primary sources and 4 secondary sources,
for a minimum total of 6 sources.
Primary sources are original documents (letters, diaries, church/government records, census data, etc.) while secondary sources are documents about the topic (history books, textbooks, journal articles, etc.) written after the events happen.
-The content of the paper must address your thesis, and your sources must be relevant to your argument.