Vocabulary for Underground RR, Civil War, and Slavery
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| Abolitionist | Someone who wanted to abolish or end slavery in the US.
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| Harriet Beecher Stowe | Wrote the novel called Uncle Tom's Cabin. She was an abolitionist from Massachusetts.
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| Underground Railroad | Neither underground nor a railroad, it was a system of secret routes that escaping slaves followed to freedom.
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| Fugitive Slave Law | Law that required police in free states to help capture escaping slaves.
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| Free States | These were the states that didn't allow slavery, they were found mainly in the north.
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| Slave States | These were the states that allowed slavery, they were found mainly in the south.
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| Secede | To break away from a group, such as the Southern states seceding from the Union in 1861.
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| Prejudice | A negative opinion formed without proof.
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| Civil War | A war fought between two groups of citizens of the same country.
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| The Emancipation Proclamation | An official announcement issued by President Lincoln in 1862 that led to the end of slavery.
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| 13th Amendment | This was the amendment that was added to the Constitution that Ended Slavery in the US.
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