Words used to describe the place that the enslaved were running to:
Canaan – Canada
Heaven – Canada
River Jordan – Ohio River
Names for people who were taking enslaved people to freedom:
Conductor
Shepherd
Preacher
Moses – Harriet Tubman
Names for places people would stay:
Station Master – the name of the person who owned the safe house
Safe House
Stop
Station
Depot
Line – line referred to the road from one safe house to another
Names for passengers:
Cargo
Freight
Passenger
Baggage
Packages
Parcel
Secret word: friend of a friend
Symbols:
Candle in the window
Patchwork quilt
Statue holding a lantern – this represented the statue of Jacobs – a young man who froze to death while holding a lantern for George Washington as he crossed the river. George Washington made a statue of him to honor him for his bravery and service. We have seen these statues on lawns in the 60s and hated them because they seemed like they were disrespectful to Black people, but in reality they were symbols for the statue of Jocko Graves and also used on the Underground Railroad.