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| conductor | An individual who helped groups of slaves between stations on the Underground Railroad. |
| station | A house, church, or other place on the Underground Railroad. |
| passenger | A slave who is escaping slavery on the Underground Railroad |
| American Civil War | A war between the northern and the southern states that brought about the end of slavery in the United States. |
| code | A system of words, phrases, and symbols used to communicate secret messages. |
| plantation | A large farm that grows large amounts of a product, such as cotton or tobacco. |
| fugitive | An individual who is running away. |
| Fugitive Slave Law | A law that was passsed in 1850 that stated a fugitive slave could be arrested and returned to his/her owner anywhere in the United States. |
| Harriet Tubman | A conductor on the Underground Railroad who was often called "Moses". |
| Henry Brown | A slave who escaped by maileing himself from the South to Philadelphia in a wooden box. |
| overseer | A person who watched over and directed the slaves working in the fields on the plantations. |
| prejudice | An opinion formed without taking the time or having the concern to judge fairly. |
| Promise Land | A code name for Canada during the time of the Underground Railroad.. |
| slave | A person held against their will and who are considered to be the property of others. |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that told about the horrors of slavery. |
| Underground Railroad | A secret network of individuals, houses, churches, or other places that helped fugitive slaves escape to freedom. |
| The Drinking Gourd | A code name for the Big Dipper. Escaping slaves knew to follow the Big Dipper pointing to the North Star and freedom. |
