One of the most famous conductors on the Underground Railroad,led over 300 slaves to freedom
100
William Still
An escaped slave who is often referred to as the Father of the Underground Railroad
100
Agents
people who assisted Runaway slaves in finding their way along the Underground Railroad
100
Quilt
What is a blanket made from squares of fabric that are sewn together,sometimes used to relay messages to runaways
100
Abolitionists
What is the term given to a person opposed to slavery and fought to end it
200
Frederic Douglass
Escaped slave and abolitionist who founded an anti-slavery newspaper, The North Star
200
Levi Coffin
Quaker who was anti-slavery,his home was a station on the Underground Railroad and he helped more than 2,000 slaves escape
200
Lanterns
What were used to indicate that a location was a safe house for fugitive slaves
200
Antebellum
What is the term given to the pre-Civil war era
300
Thomas Garret
A quaker who helped over 2700 slaves escape to freedom
300
Eli Whitney
Invented the cotton gin, a machine to help harvest cotton which led to the demand for even more slaves
300
Safe house
What are places on the Underground Railroad where escaped slaves could hide and have food and shelter
300
Spirituals
Religious songs sung by the slaves to lift their spirits and relay coded information
300
13th Amendment
What is the change to the U.S. constitution that abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the U.S.
400
John Brown
Abolitionist who led the raid on Harper's Ferry
400
Quakers
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
400
Passengers/Cargo
What were the code words for escaped slaves traveling on the Underground Railroad
400
Load of potatoes/parcels/bundle of wood
What were code words for the transporting of escaping slaves on the Underground Railroad
400
Plantation
What is a large farm on which crops, such as cotton, were grown;slave labor was the primary labor force
500
Sojourner Truth
Freed slave who spoke out against slavery
500
Abraham Lincoln
16th president , ruled during the civil war, issued the Emancipation Proclamation which stated that slaves were to be allowed to go free.
500
A friend of a friend
What is a secret password used on the Underground Railroad
500
Drinking Gourd;North Star
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
500
Canada
After the fugitive slave act was passed, thousands of slaves escaped to Canada where this law was ineffective