7 terms

Terms	Definitions
Underground Railroad	a system that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network of escape routes out of the South to freedom in the North
Abraham Lincoln	16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
Oberlin	in 1837 was the first college or university to offer education to both women and men.
Dred Scott	United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state
precipice	a very steep cliff
endow	furnish with
wringing	to twist in a forceful way.

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