Important Words
A person who is not free and is forced to work for another person.
Enslaved Person
Many enslaved people worked on large farms called these.
Platations
This famous woman helped guide enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
The Underground Railroad was not a real railroad. It was a secret network of these.
Safe Routes
The war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.
Civil War
The system in which people were treated as property and forced to work.
Slavery
Enslaved people were often forced to grow crops like cotton and this sweet plant.
Sugarcane
This former enslaved person became a famous speaker and writer against slavery.
Frederick Douglass
People escaping slavery often traveled at this time of day to stay hidden.
Nighttime
This amendment officially ended slavery in the United States.
13th Amendment
This word means being free and able to make your own choices.
Freedom
Despite unfair treatment, enslaved people kept traditions alive through this type of expression.
Music
This woman escaped slavery and later gave speeches for equal rights.
Sojourner Truth
Homes that hid escaping enslaved people were called these.
Safe Houses
After slavery ended, many formerly enslaved people worked to build schools, businesses, and these.
Communities
People who worked to end slavery were called this.
Abolitionists
Enslaved families were often separated when people were bought and sold. This caused deep feelings of this.
Sadness
This president issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Abraham Lincoln
This country became an important destination because slavery was not allowed there.
Canada
What holiday celebrates the ending of slavery in the United States.
Juneteenth
This document helped free enslaved people during the Civil War.
Emancipation Proclmation
Many enslaved people secretly learned to do this even when it was against the law.
Reading
Many brave people risked their safety to help enslaved people escape.
Conductors
People on the Underground Railroad used songs and secret messages to communicate. These messages are called this.
Codes
Learning about slavery helps people understand the importance of fairness and this important value.
Equality