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What years did the Underground Railroad take place?
What is 1816 to 1856.
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What is a secret network of people and places that helped runaway slaves get to freedom?
What is the Underground Railroad.
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A free slave who spoke out against slavery.
Who is Sojourner Truth.
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The Freedom Train.
What is The Underground Railroad.
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This phrase told Underground Railroad workers that there were fugitive slaves in the area.
What is "The wind blows South today."
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Who did the Underground Railroad help?
What is enslaved African Americans.
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A place where fleeing slaves could seek food and shelter?
What is a safe house.
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Founded "The Liberator", an anti-slavery newspaper.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison.
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This is a nickname for a place; Heaven
What is Canada.
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This quote told slaves that if they were to try and escape, they should walk in the river because dogs couldn't track their scents through water.
What is "The river bank makes a mighty good road."
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Where did the Underground Railroad take place?
Where is the Southern states to the Northern states and Canada?
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DAILY DOUBLE~ A person who was opposed to slavery and fought to end it.
What is an abolitionist.
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An escaped slave who is often referred to as "The Father of the Underground Railroad".
Who is William Still.
300
DAILY DOUBLE~ Two part question: Two phrases that were used when transporting slaves on the Underground Railroad.
What is a load of potatoes or bundle of wood.
300
Phrase that meant footprints left by a wooden-legged Underground Railroad worker as guidelines to the path to freedom.
What is "Left foot, peg foot"
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How many slaves escaped?
What is 100,000.
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People who guided escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad, telling them where to go next.
What is conductors.
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An escaped slave and one of the most famous conductos on the Underground Railroad; helped lead over 300 slaves to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman.
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A code name for the Big Dipper, the group of stars runaways used to locate the North Star.
What is The Drinking Gourd.
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Phrase giving visual directions to the Ohio River.
What is "The river ends between two hills".
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How many states did the Underground Railroad go through?
What is 14.
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Coordinator, one who plotted the course of escape and made contacts
What is an agent.
500
An escaped slave and abolitionist who published "The North Star", an anti-slavery newspaper.
Who is Frederick Douglas.
500
A password used by fugitives traveling alone to indicate they were sent by the Underground Railroad network
What is "A friend of a friend sent me."
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A reminder to slaves that, if the North Star wasn't visible, moss grew only on the north side of dead trees, so they could tell which way to walk
What is "The dead trees will show you the way."