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Underground Railroad Vocabulary & Code Words Abolitionist Agent Conductor Drinking gourd Freedom train Promised land Shepherds Station

Underground Railroad Vocabulary & Code Words Abolitionist Agent Conductor Drinking gourd Freedom train Promised land Shepherds Station

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  • 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