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

2. Abolitionist
Agent
Conductor
Drinking
Gourd
Freedom
Train
Promised Land
Shepherds
Station

3. A person who demanded immediate emancipation of slaves
Abolitionist
A person who demanded immediate emancipation of slaves

4. Someone who was a point of contact on the underground railroad
Agent
Someone who was a point of contact on the underground railroad

5. Conductors
Brave people who risked their lives to help runaways find their way to freedom

6. The constellation of stars we call
Drinking gourd
The constellation of stars we call
the Big Dipper

7. Code name for the underground railroad
Freedom train
Code name for the underground railroad

8. Promised Land
Canada or a free state

9. People escorting slaves
Shephards
People escorting slaves

10. A place of safety – a safe house
Station
A place of safety – a safe house

11. 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