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Directions: The Underground Railroad (UGRR) was a network of people and safe houses. It helped slaves escape from the South and travel to Northern states and Canada. Below are a number of the code words used by participants that have been found in old letters and diaries.
Part One: Match the code words with the terms that define them.
Code Word
Station Masters
Depots or Stations
Conductors
Cargo
Stockholders
Railroad Car
Land of Egypt
New Cannan
Exodus
Moses
Liberty Lines
Definition
Financial contributors
The South
Escape routes to the North
Escape wagon, sometimes with a false bottom
Network members who supported and hid fugitives
An escape mission or plan
Canada
Escorts who journeyed with fugitives
Harriet Tubman's nickname
Safe houses, sometimes a barn or a secret room
Part Two: Decode the sentence below by rephrasing it in your own words.
"It's a long haul from Egypt to New Canaan. With the amount of cargo on board, Moses will need a string of depots and at least two or three conductors to make it through."
"It's a long haul from Egypt to New Canaan. With the amount of cargo on board, Moses will need a string of depots and at least two or three conductors to make it through."
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