Vocab
An individual who is running away
What is a Fugitive?
This conductor was known as Moses
Who is Harriet Tubman?
These conductors escaped slavery by dressing as a slave and master pair as they rode a train to the north.
Who are Ellen and William Craft?
The Underground Railroad came to an end because of...
What is the Civil War?
A fruit often left on windowsills as a secret symbol of a safe house?
What is a pineapple?
Promise Land
What is a code name for Canada?
This conductor led an unsuccessful raid on Harper's Ferry
Who is John Brown?
This conductor escaped slavery with the help of his wife, Anna.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
The first group of people who helped escaped slaves.
Who were the Quakers?
Many escaped slaves followed this river north toward freedom
What is the Ohio River?
A code name for the Big Dipper
What is the Drinking Gourd?
Who is Harriet Ann Jacobs?
This conductor was the first black woman to win a court case against a white prosecution.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
The US passed a law in 1850 which required escaped enslaved people to be returned to their enslavers.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
Fugitive slaves followed this light source that pointed them north
What is the North Star?
A reformer who favors putting an end to slavery
What is an Abolitionist?
This conductor was believed to be the inspiration for Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Who is Josiah Henson?
This conductor helped slaves to escape with unusual methods such as staging a funeral procession.
Who is John Fairfield?
The Underground Railroad was first mentioned in this year.
When is 1831?
A popular spiritual gospel song that directed slaves on the run out of the path hound dogs on their trail.
What is Wade in the Water?
Emancipation
What is the process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions?
This conductor is remembered as the "Father of the Underground Railroad"
Who is William Still?
This conductor's home became known as the "Grand Central Station" of the Underground Railroad.
Who is Levi Coffin?
Anthony Burns escaped from this Southern State.
Where is Virginia?
Black Rights Theologian who became prominent during the Civil Rights Movement and wrote the book, "God of the Oppressed"
Who is James H. Cone?