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abolitionist	a person who supported Abolition, or the ending of slavery, before the Civil War.
confederate	(capitalized) a person or state allied with the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War. [1/4 definitions]
underground railroad	(often cap.) a secret system established by former slaves and abolitionists before the U.S. Civil War to help fugitive slaves reach places of safety.
Yankee	a Union soldier during the Civil War. [1/3 definitions]

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