Underground Railroad

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Across
  1. 4. a person who directed runaway slaves where to go next.
  2. 5. the northern states that wanted to abolish(end) slavery.
  3. 8. she was a conductor on the underground railroad.
  4. 9. Safe place to stop along the Underground Railroad.
  5. 12. president Lincoln's written document that freed all slaves.
  6. 13. the southern states who wanted to keep slavery.
Down
  1. 1. to leave (southern states wanted to secede , leave the Union).
  2. 2. System for helping slaves escape to freedom
  3. 3. a person running away to avoid being captured.
  4. 6. house a place where runaway slaves could find food and shelter.(station)
  5. 7. believing that the practice of owning people as slaves is wrong.
  6. 10. people who wanted to end slavery in the United States.
  7. 11. a code word for slaves escaping on the Underground Railroad.
  8. 13. the war between the northern and the southern states.