Code Words
Code Phrases
Famous Conductors & Stationmasters
Ways to Escape
Songs with Meanings
100

Railroad line

What is routes of the Underground Railroad 

100

The wind blows from the South today

What is a warning that slave hunters were near by

100

Sometimes called Moses

Who is Harriet Tubman

100

Arrived by box to Philadelphia from Virginia

Who is Henry Brown

100

Follow the Drinking Gourd

What is the Big Dipper and the North Star

200

Station Master

What is a keeper or owner of a safe house

200

A friend with friends

What is signal for arrival of conductor with escaping slaves

200

Often called the Father of the Underground Railroad

Who is William Still

200

Was hidden in a sugar barrel 

Who is Caroline Quarlls

200

Go Down Moses

What is Harriett Tubman has arrived

300

Jumping off Place 

What is a place of shelter for escaping slaves.

300

Left foot, peg foot

What is a clue slaves left by the underground railroad

300

Known as the President of the Underground Railroad

Who is Levi Coffin

300

Both escaped by wife dressing like a slave owner

Who is William and Ellen Craft

300

River Jordan in Swing Low Sweet Chariot

What is the Ohio River

400

Conductor

What is a person who directly transported slaves

400

When the sun comes back and the first quail calls

What is early spring, a good time of year to escape

400

First person to be sued for helping escaped slaves

Who is Thomas Garrett

400

Escaped by herself, then later became a conductor

Who is Harriett Tubman

400

Wade in the Water

What is travel through the water (throw off the hounds)

500

Cargo or Passengers

What is escaping slaves

500

The river bank makes a mighty good road

What is a reminder that tracking dogs could not follow your scent through water

500

Conductor who pretended to be a slave owner

Who is Elijah Anderson

500

Fled Baltimore on a train dressed as a sailor headed North

Who is Frederick Douglass

500

Steal Away to Jesus

What is alert to other slaves that an escape attempt was about to happen

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