One of the most famous conductors on the Underground Railroad,led over 300 slaves to freedom
Who is Harriet Tubman
100
What are places on the Underground Railroad where escaped slaves could hide and have food and shelter
What is a safe house
100
people who assisted Runaway slaves in finding their way along the Underground Railroad
Who were the Agents
100
a blanket made from squares of fabric that are sewn together,sometimes used to relay messages to runaways
What is a quilt
100
What is the term given to a person opposed to slavery and fought to end it
What is abolitionists
200
Escaped slave and abolitionist who founded an anti-slavery newspaper, The North Star
Who is Frederic Douglas
200
Invented the cotton gin, a machine to help harvest cotton which led to the demand for even more slaves
Who is Eli Whitney
200
What is the name given to men who searched for escaped slaves
Who were the Patrollers
200
What were used to indicate that a location was a safe house for fugitive slaves
What were lanterns
200
What is the term given to the pre-Civil war era
What is antebellum
300
A quaker who helped over 2700 slaves escape to freedom
Who is Thomas Garrett
300
a religious community founded in England in the 17th Century,know as the society of Friends, they felt it was their duty to help slaves find freedom
Who are the Quakers
300
What are places on the Underground Railroad where escaped slaves could hide and have food and shelter
What were safe houses
300
Religious songs sung by the slaves to lift their spirits and relay coded information
What are spirituals
300
What is the change to the U.S. constitution that abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the U.S.
What is the 13th Amendment to the Constitution
400
Abolitionist who led the raid on Harper's Ferry
Who is John Brown
400
16th president , ruled during the civil war, issued the Emancipation Proclamation which stated that slaves were to be allowed to go free.
Who is Abraham Lincoln
400
What were the code words for escaped slaves traveling on the Underground Railroad
What were passengers/cargo
400
What were code words for the transporting of escaping slaves on the Underground Railroad
What is a Load of potatoes/parcels/bundle of wood
400
What is a large farm on which crops, such as cotton, were grown;slave labor was the primary labor force
What is a plantation
500
Freed slave who spoke out against slavery
Who is Sojourner Truth
500
An escaped slave who is often referred to as the Father of the Underground Railroad
Who is William Still
500
What is a secret password used on the Underground Railroad to indicate you were safe
What is a friend of a friend
500
What was the code name for the Big Dipper, the group of stars runaway slaves used to locate the North Star, which was used by slaves to find their way North
What were the drinking gourd and North Star
500
After the fugitive slave act was passed, thousands of slaves escaped to this country where this law was ineffective