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Read. Harriet Tubman

QuestionAnswer
people fleeing from danger fugitives
impossible to understand incomprehensible
reason to do something; motivation incentive
scatter; drive away dispel
ability to write or speak gracefully and convincingly eloquence
area in plantation where enslaved blacks lived quarter
runaways fleeing north used the (Polaris) to help them stay on course North Star
spirituals are religious songs, some of which are based on biblical story of the Israelites' escape from slavery in Egypt forbidden ritual
cornmeal bread baked in hot ashes ashcake
harsh federal law passed in 1850 stating that fugitives who escaped from slavery to free states could be forced to return to their owners fugitive slave law
untidy; rumpled disheveled
city in Deleware Wilmington
member of the Society of Friends, religious group active in the movement to end slavery quaker
rebellious mutinous
group that offered to help people escaping slavery Philadelphia Vigilance Committee
painful swelling and stiffness in the joints and muscles rheumatism
route traveled by ships carrying captured Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas middle passage
coaxing cajoling
city in central New York syracuse
abolitionist who was active in the Underground Railroad John Brown
fussy; hard to please fastidrous
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