| A | B |
| conductor | person who guided escaped slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad |
| Ruby Bridges | Young girl who was the 1st to desegregate an all white school in Louisiana |
| Moses | Code name used for Harriet Tubman |
| Canada | The "Promise Land" for runaway slaves |
| shepherds | People who helped slaves as they were escaping |
| station | A safe resting place for slaves, usually a house |
| station master | person who owned a safe house on the Underground Railroad |
| racism | The belief that certain races are superior to others |
| segregated | seperated by race |
| Underground Railroad | System set up to help slave escape |
| Great Blue Heron | Largest bird in Ohio |
| discrimination | treating someone unfairly because of race, religion, or gender |
| laborers | another word for workers |
| Kentucky | slave state across the river from Ohio |
| baggage | term used for an escaped slave running away on the Underground Railroad |
| Wyandot | Ohio Indian tribe that took in escaped slaves |
| Martin Luther King Jr | Civil rights leader that helped end segregation |