civil war to the present vocabulary. free state a state that did not allow slavery before the civil...
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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