Underground Railroad

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