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14 Cards in this Set
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Safe House
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Personal home of an abolitionist along the Underground Railroad where enslaved people could hide during the day.
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Fugitive
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An enslaved person who escapes to freedom
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Abolitionist
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A person who worked to end slavery.
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Secede
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To break away from
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Emancipate
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To set free
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Enlist
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To volunteer to serve
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Underground Railroad
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A network of secret routes out of the South, used by escaping slaves
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Confederate States of America
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The states that broke away form the United States in 1860.
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Confederacy
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The name given to the Confederate States of America
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Union
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The name given to the states that remained in the United States during the Civil War
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Emancipation Proclaimation
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The official order issued in 1863 by President Lincoln that freed all enslaved people in the confederacy.
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Raids
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Sudden attack
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Hub
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Transportation center
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Mason Dixon Line
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A boundary established in 1767 between Pennsylvania and Maryland considered to be the line separating the North and the South during the Civil War
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