Underground Railroad Codes

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• Canada

• Bundles of Wood

• Fugitives that were Expected

• Baggage

• Person who demanded an immediate end to slavery

• Agent

• Coordinator who plotted courses of escape and made contacts

• Canaan

• Fugitive enslaved people transported by Underground Railroad workers

• Abolitionist

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• Used to alert other slaves that an escape attempt was anticipated.

• Big House

• Large manors in which slaveowners lived

• Plantations

• Enslaved people who picked crops, usually cotton or tobacco

• Field Hand

• Enslaved people who did chores like cooking, cleaning, and watching children.

• Steal away, steal away, steal away to Jesus.

• Large farms where enslaved people worked

• House Servant

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• A reminder that tracking dogs

  could not follow the scent of fugitives through the water.

• The river ends between two hills.

• The Ohio River and its tributaries.

• The river bank makes a mighty good road.

• The Tombigbee River in Mississippi.

• When the great big river meets the little river.

• A reminder that moss grows on the north side of dead trees; fugitives would know which way to walk

• The dead trees will show you the way.

• A visual clue for escapees left by an Underground Railroad worker famous for his wooden leg.

• Left foot, peg foot.

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• A warning that bounty hunters were nearby

• A friend of a friend sent me

• Early spring, a particular time of year good for escaping.

• The Wind Blows from the South Today

• Someone who gave money, clothing, or food to The Underground Railroad

• A friend with friends

• A password used by fugitives traveling alone to indicate they were sent by the Underground Railroad

• Stockholder

• A password used to signal arrival of fugitives with an Underground Railroad Conductor

• When the sun comes back and the first quail calls.

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• Keeper or Owner of a Safe House

• Shepherds

• People who encouraged enslaved people to escape and escorted them

• Station

• Canada

• Promised Land

• Ohio River

• River Jordan

• Place of safety and temporary refuge, a safe house

• Station Master

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• Bounty hunter that was hired to capture runaway enslaved people

• Moses

• Fugitives that were expected

• Operator

• Person who helped freedom seekers as a conductor or agent

• Parcel

• Leaders of and spokespersons for The Underground Railroad

• Patty Roller

• Harriet Tubman

• Preachers

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• The Underground Railroad

• Heaven

• Secret Departure

• Jumping off Place

• Canada, freedom

• Gospel Train

• Escaping enslaved people hidden under produce in a wagon

• Load of Potatoes

• Place of shelter for fugitives

• French Leave

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• Big Dipper Constellation and the North Star

• Forwarding

• The Underground Railroad

• Freedom Train

• Person who directly transported slaves

• Flying Bondsmen

• The Number of Escaping People

• Conductor

• Taking Enslaved People from Station to Station

• Drinking Gourd