| A | B |
| abolitionists | people who thought slavery was wrong |
| escape | to get away |
| Harriet Tubman | an escaped slave who became an abolitionist involved in the Underground Railroad |
| law | a government rule |
| routes | ways to follow |
| slavery | people owning other people |
| slaves | people owned by other people |
| Underground Railroad | routes slaves used to escape and the people who helped slaves escape |
| stations | safe houses where slaves rested |
| passengers on the Underground Railroad | slaves |
| conductors | people who helped slaves find the routes |