Underground Railroad Vocabulary & Code Words Abolitionist
Agent Conductor Drinking gourd Freedom train Promised land
Shepherds Station
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AbolitionistAgentConductor Drinking Gourd Freedom Train
Promised Land ShepherdsStation
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Abolitionist A person who demanded immediate emancipation of
slaves
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Agent Someone who was a point of contact on the underground
railroad
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Conductors Brave people who risked their lives to help runaways
find their way to freedom
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Drinking gourd The constellation of stars we call the Big
Dipper
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Freedom train Code name for the underground railroad
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Promised Land Canada or a free state
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Shephards People escorting slaves
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Station A place of safety a safe house
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A person who demanded immediate emancipation of slaves Someone
who was a point of contact Brave people who risked their lives to
show runaways to freedom Big dipper and the north star Code name
for the underground railroad Canada People escorting slaves A place
of safety -- safe house