CIVIL WAR TO THE PRESENT VOCABULARY. FREE STATE A STATE THAT DID NOT ALLOW SLAVERY BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR.

CIVIL WAR TO THE PRESENTVOCABULARY

FREE STATE

A STATE THAT DID NOT ALLOW SLAVERY BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR.

SLAVE STATE

A STATE THAT ALLOWED SLAVERY BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR.

FUGITIVE

SOMEONE WHO ESCAPES FROM THE LAW.

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

A SYSTEM OF SECRET ESCAPE ROUTES THAT LED ENSLAVED PEOPLE TO FREE LAND.

SECEDE

TO LEAVE

CIVIL WAR

A WAR BETWEEN PEOPLE IN THE SAME COUNTRY

EMANCIPATE

TO FREE

ASSASSINATE

TO MURDER IN A SUDDEN OR SECRET ATTACK.

RECONSTRUCTION

REBUILDING OF THE SOUTH AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

FREEDMAN

MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO HAD BEEN ENSLAVED