| A | B |
| Slaves | a person owned as the property of another person. |
| Conductor | a person who guided runaways on the Underground Railroad and directed them where to go next. |
| Safe house | a secret network of people who helped runaway slaves escape to freedom. |
| Spirituals | religious songs sung by slaves to lift their spirits and relay information. |
| North Star | the brightest star in the northern sky |
| Drinking Gourd | code name the slaves used for the Big Dipper and a gourd with a portion cut out used to scoop water from a bucket. |
| Master | the owner of a plantation was called this by his slaves. |
| Plantation | a large farm on which crops were grown. |
| Abolitionist | a person who did not believe in slavery and who worked to free slaves. |
| Harriet Tubman | a woman who helped over 300 slaves to freedom. |