| A | B |
| abolitionist | One who helped the slaves cause |
| Dies Drear | a man who lived in the's who used his house as an URR station house |
| coffle | to chain together |
| Mason-Dixon Line | The line between the free and slave states |
| Ohio | where the story takes place |
| Fugitive Slave Act | this was a law passed that allowed slave catchers to catch and return slaves, even if found in the free states |
| free-state | a state that did not allow slavery |
| slave-state | a state that allowed slavery |
| college professor | Mr. Small's job |
| station houses | homes of abolitionsts where slaves could stay for shelter |