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Underground Railroad Vocabulary List 1

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abolishto end or stop something
abolitionistperson who works to end or stop something
auctiona sale of property to the highest bidder
conductorperson who escorts runaway slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad
cropsplant or plant product that can be grown and harvested for profit
freedomthe quality or state of being free
fugitivea slave who has run from the plantation
masterowner of the plantation
overseerslave supervisor
plantationa large, fancy farm worked by slaves
Big Housemain house on a plantation occupied by the master and his family
runawayslave who flees from the plantation
slaveperson who is forced to work for others for no pay
slave holderowner of the slaves
slave tradebuying and selling of blacks before the Civil War



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