Across
- 4. became America's leading export by the mid-1800s.
- 6. helped many freedom seekers.
- 8. helped over 300 slaves escape and went back to where she was enslaved 19 times
- 10. was a major Southern port connected to slavery.
- 11. frightened slaveholders and led to stricter laws.
- 13. some enslaved people worked as skilled craftsmen, carpenters, and blank
- 14. planned a large slave revolt in South Carolina.
- 16. fought against slavery and later led a raid on Harpers Ferry
- 18. was a center of abolitionist activity.
- 20. published an anti-slavery newspaper called The Liberator
- 22. Some enslaved people escaped by following this star
- 25. was sometimes the only day with limited free time
- 26. The United States banned the importation of enslaved people from this country in 1808
- 27. these societies grew throughout the North during the 1830s and 1840s.
- 28. were often separated in selling of slaves
- 30. between enslaved people were often not legally recognized.
Down
- 1. Act of 1850 required escaped enslaved people to be returned
- 2. these states depended on immigrants for labor
- 3. Safe houses on the Underground Railroad were called blank
- 5. escaped slavery and became a famous speaker and writer
- 7. conflicts of slavery eventually contributed to the outbreak of this war
- 9. helped thousands of enslaved people escape.
- 12. by 1860 around this number were enslaved in the United States.
- 15. invented the cotton gin, increasing demand for enslaved labor.
- 17. attempted to balance free and slave states.
- 19. attempted to ease tensions over slavery.
- 21. Many routes of the Underground Railroad led to freedom in this country
- 23. these states depended heavily on enslaved labor for agriculture
- 24. led a major slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831.
- 29. this issue became the nation's biggest political conflict of the time.