Underground Railroad

Ms. Wally Hill (United States of America)
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  1. slavery
    the state of being in forced servitude to another person
  2. slave
    a person who is forcibly held in servitude
  3. liberator
    someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
  4. liberation
    the act of freeing someone or something
  5. moderation
    the quality of avoiding extremes
  6. abolitionist
    a reformer who favors putting an end to slavery
    People who spoke out against slavery were called abolitionists.
  7. abolish
    do away with
  8. Frederick Douglass
    United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895)
  9. William Lloyd Garrison
    United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879)
  10. Harriet Beecher Stowe
    United States writer of a novel about slavery that advanced the abolitionists' cause (1811-1896)
  11. enslave
    force into servitude
  12. servitude
    the state of being required to labor for someone else
  13. plantation
    an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale
  14. bondage
    the state of being under the control of another person
  15. Underground Railroad
    secret aid to help people escape slavery in the U.S.
  16. route
    an established line of travel or access
  17. captive
    a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
  18. fugitive
    someone who is sought by law officers
  19. signal
    any action or gesture that encodes a message
  20. Quaker
    a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
  21. transportation
    the act of moving something from one location to another
  22. volunteer
    a person who performs work done by choice
  23. Harriet Tubman
    United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in the North (1820-1913)
  24. liberty
    freedom of choice
  25. refuse
    show unwillingness towards
  26. flee
    run away quickly
  27. escape
    run away from confinement
  28. swamp
    low land that is seasonally flooded
  29. woodland
    land that is covered with trees and shrubs
  30. prophet
    someone who speaks by divine inspiration
  31. passenger
    a traveler riding in a vehicle but not operating it
  32. stationmaster
    the person in charge of a railway station
  33. station
    a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel
  34. conductor
    someone in charge of a train, bus, etc.
Created on Fri Mar 22 10:02:54 EDT 2013 (updated Fri Mar 22 12:49:45 EDT 2013)

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