| A | B |
| abolish | do away with |
| freedom train | the Underground Railroad |
| border states | slave states that did not secede |
| citizen | person who owes loyalty to a country |
| crops | a plant grown and harvested for profit |
| discrimination | treat differently based on race, religion |
| economy | system of producing goods and services |
| fine | penalty |
| freedom | not controlled by others |
| fugitive | a person on the run |
| plantation | large farm |
| prohibit | forbid |
| property | something owned |
| slave | person owned by another to work free |
| slave trade | buying and selling of people for profit |
| load of potatoes | slaves hidden in wagon |
| moses | Harriet Tubman |
| stockholder | those who donated to UR |
| patter roller | bounty hunter to find slaves |
| heaven | freedom in Canada |
| French leave | sudden departure of slaves |
| flying bondsman | number of escaping slaves |
| River Jordan | the Ohio River |
| station | a safe house |
| agent | coordinator of escape routes |
| drinking gourd | Big differ and North Star |
| shepards | people who escorted slaves |
| Canaan | Canada |
| baggage | fugitive slaves carried by UR workers |
| conductor | people who transported slaves |
| station master | owner of a safe house |
| forwarding | taking slaves from station to station |
| preachers | leaders of the UR |
| bundles of wood | fugitives that were expected |
| abolitionist | people who wanted to do away with slavery |