A system of safe houses and hiding places connecting the slave-holding South to freedom in Canada

Guides that helped the runaway slaves along the Underground Railroad.

A stopping place on the Underground Railroad.

A person fleeing from danger or arrest.

A popular novel based on runaway slaves that the author Harriet Beecher Stowe met in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Traveled across the state hoping they could convince Ohioans to join the abolitionist movement.

This compromise was an attempt to calm Southerners who were suffering financial loss because many of their slaves were escaping to the North with help from people who lived there.

An announcement by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that all enslaved people living in Confederate states were free.

His home was one of the stations along Ohio's Underground Railroad. His house was known as the freedom stairway. It was 100 steps leading from the Ohio River to his home in Ripley, Ohio. Slaves knew it was safe because he hung a light in his window.

He was born into slavery but saved enough money to buy his freedom. He moved to Ohio and then helped other slaves to freedom.

She was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin which was about the terrible experiences of slaves she met in Cincinnati, Ohio.

He was an abolitionist that led an attack against the a government post in Harper's Ferry, Virginia. He hoped to take their guns and give them to the slaves in the area.. Then he planned to lead a revolt against the slave owners. His plan failed. He and his followers were captured and put to death.

The major reason runaway slaves passed through Ohio was ____________________.

They were a religious group also known as the Society of Friends that assisted runaway slaves.

How many miles of the Underground Railroad trails ran through Ohio?

Where did the runaway slaves have to flee to truly win their freedom?

Under the terms of the Northwest Ordinance, Ohio was admitted as a _____________ state.

He was an abolitiobist known as the "President of the Underground Railroad.

True or False? Ohio did not allow slavery in their state.