Underground railroad

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Across
  1. 2. Lasting impact of the Underground Railroad.
  2. 4. Law requiring escaped slaves to be returned.
  3. 6. Danger faced by participants.
  4. 7. Subject in which the Underground Railroad is studied.
  5. 8. Trait shown by freedom seekers and helpers.
  6. 9. Necessary quality of Underground Railroad operations.
  7. 12. Famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
  8. 14. Goal sought by escaping enslaved people.
  9. 18. Methods used to communicate secretly.
  10. 21. Important river on many escape routes.
  11. 22. Direction many freedom seekers traveled.
  12. 24. Nickname often given to Harriet Tubman.
  13. 26. What freedom seekers often had to do.
  14. 27. Act of fleeing from enslavement.
  15. 28. Region where slavery was most common.
  16. 30. Religious group known for helping freedom seekers.
  17. 31. Principle sought by abolitionists.
  18. 33. Principle denied by slavery.
  19. 34. State of being enslaved.
  20. 35. Nation divided over slavery.
  21. 37. President associated with emancipation.
  22. 38. Feeling that sustained many freedom seekers.
  23. 41. First name of Tubman.
  24. 43. Person who led others to safety.
  25. 44. Freedom from oppression.
  26. 45. First name of Douglass.
  27. 46. Natural barrier crossed during escapes.
  28. 47. Free state and destination for many escapees.
Down
  1. 1. Large farm where many enslaved people worked.
  2. 3. Person who guided freedom seekers.
  3. 5. Movement to end slavery.
  4. 6. Opposition to slavery.
  5. 10. Path taken toward freedom.
  6. 11. Destination for many escaping enslaved people.
  7. 13. Person who opposed slavery.
  8. 15. Name used for the escape network.
  9. 16. Connected system of routes and safe houses.
  10. 17. Frederick ___ was a leading abolitionist.
  11. 19. Time when many journeys took place.
  12. 20. Place where escaping people could hide.
  13. 22. Written account of an escaped slave's life.
  14. 23. System of forced labor in the United States.
  15. 25. Safe house used along escape routes.
  16. 29. Person fleeing from slavery.
  17. 32. Release from slavery.
  18. 36. Secret network that helped enslaved people escape.
  19. 39. City active in abolition efforts.
  20. 40. Conflict that ultimately ended slavery.
  21. 42. Object sometimes used as a signal.