Underground Railroad Vocabulary

secret places that slaves could hide in as they were running away

• Emancipation Proclamation

• fugitives

• Underground Railroad

• conductors

People that helped lead escaped slaves to freedom

• fugitives

• prejudice

• conductors

• slavery

What is a "parcel" on the Underground Railroad?

• Train

• The safe houses for slaves

• Stations found in the secret passages.

• A name for runaway slaves that means "packages".

People who helped enslaved people along the way in the underground railroad were called...

• Conductors

• Operators

• Passangers

• Cabooses

What did Harriet Tubman use to escape slavery and use to help others escape?​ The (a)   ​

• Underground Railroad

• Above ground airport

• Under water tunnels

• Underground Highway

A series of hiding places where those who were escaping slavery traveled.

• conductor

• suffrage

• abolition

• underground railroad

The underground railroad is _________________.

• A railroad underground

• A network of trails

• A Quaker

• Useless info

The Underground Railroad can best be described as ___.

• an 1850s railway system running along river banks in the Northern states, carrying plantation products

• an informal organized group of people who helped runaway slaves escape to freedom

• a collection of railway cars designed to carry slaves to be bought and sold

What was the Underground Railroad?

• Secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African Americans to escape into free states/areas.

• A railroad with a train only used by African Americans.

• The first train ever built in the U.S.A.

• An underground route that was secretly used to smuggle goods in and out of the U.S.

How did enslaved people know where to go throughout the night?

• They had a GPS.

• They were told to follow the North Star.

• They knew how many steps to walk.

• They would follow the clouds.