Question

In the 1890s, Wilbur H. Siebert sent out questionnaires that proved invaluable for an early history of this institution that eventually credited over 3,000 people, mostly men, as being part of it. A Cincinnati museum named for this institution (10[1])opened in 2004 and is designed around a small, log-cabin-like structure recovered from Mason County, Kentucky. (10[1])Records kept by Sydney Howard Gay were publicized in a 2015 book on the “hidden history” (10[1])of this (-5[1])institution (10[1])by Eric Foner. (10[2])William Still wrote a history of this institution that drew on his time at the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee. (10[1]-5[1])Levi Coffin was sometimes called the (10[1])“president” of this institution and was one (10[1])of the numerous Quakers involved (10[1])in it. (10[1]-5[1])This institution’s so-called “reverse” version (10[1])facilitated (10[1])the kidnapping (10[1])of Solomon Northrup. (10[1])For (10[1])10 (10[1])points, name this informal, (-5[1])clandestine (10[1])network that helped escaped slaves reach freedom. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Underground Railroad [or Underground Railway; accept Reverse Underground Railroad; accept Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad; accept The Underground Railroad Records; accept National Underground Railroad Freedom Center; accept The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom]
<American History>
= Average correct buzz position

Back to tossups

Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y21100%0%19%104.95

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
William GrogerColumbia BWUSTL A3810
Alana DickeyVirginia AImperial A5410
Jonathan ShaufNorth Carolina AChicago B7010
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech APenn State A72-5
Stevie MillerMaryland ARutgers A7310
Sean DoyleHouston APenn A7610
Natan HoltzmanStanford ANorthwestern A7610
Justin WytmarIllinois AChicago C94-5
John John GrogerColumbia AOhio State A9410
Neal JoshiWUSTL BUC Berkeley B10010
Todd MaslykMichigan AMIT A10710
Walter ZhangBrown ACornell B11210
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AJohns Hopkins A114-5
Karsten RynearsonYale BFlorida A11410
Arthur Delot-VilainYale AMcGill A11910
Halle FriedmanNYU AMinnesota B12010
Dean Ah NowClaremont AGeorgia Tech B12210
Jacob EgolDuke AFlorida B12510
Brad MacLaineTexas ARutgers B12610
Shardul RaoMinnesota AHarvard A12710
Quynh PhungPurdue ASouth Carolina A131-5
Alex SchmidtPenn State AGeorgia Tech A13210
Vaishali SivaJohns Hopkins AUC Berkeley A13910
Isak JatoiSouth Carolina APurdue A14010
Dennis ReppenChicago CIllinois A14010