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| abolitionist | a person who did not believe in slavery and who worked to free slaves |
| auction | a place where slaves were sold |
| Big Dipper | a group of seven stars that form a bowl with a handle |
| Civil War | a war from 1861 to 1865 between the northern and southern states that brought about the abolition of slavery |
| conductor | a person who provides shelter for runaways and directs them where to go next |
| Drinking Gourd | code name the slaves used for the Big Dipper |
| Emancipation | to free from slavery |
| fugitive slave | a runaway slave |
| master | the owner of a plantation was called this by his slaves |
| North Star | the brightest star in the northern sky |
| overseer | a person who directed the work of field slaves on a plantation |
| patrollers | men on horseback who guarded roads against escaping slaves |
| Quakers | a religious group, many felt it was their duty to help slaves escape to freedom |
| quilt | a blanket made from pieces of fabric sewn together, it was sometimes used as a signal that a station was safe |
| runaway | an escape slave trying to make his or her way to freedom |
| safe house | a place where runaway slaves could find food and shelter |
| slave | a person who was owned as property of another person |
| slave catcher | a person who earned his living by tracking escaped slaves, capturing them and returning them to their owners for reward money |
| spirituals | religious songs sung by slaves to lift their spirits and relay information |
| station | another name for a safe house |
| Underground Railroad | a secret network of people who helped runaway slaves escape to freedom |
