Were there any code words used in the Underground Railroad?

Answer 1

Yes the Underground Railroad was a code word itself,

so the Masters didn't know what it meant when the slaves mentioned it.

They also used names like conductors and passengers like an actual railroad.

Answer 2

I needed this question for homework and I found out that some code words that could be used were-PS. I'm sorry it's so long!

• Baggage: Fugitive slaves carried by the Underground Railroad worker
• Forwarding: Taking escaping slaves from one
• Heaven: Canada. It was called Heaven because when they got there, they would escape all slavery, and it would be like Heaven to them.
• Moses: Harriet Tubman. She was Moses because, like Moses, she helped her people escape slavery on the Underground Railroad

Code Phrases

• Drinking Gourd: The North Star. They knew they should always follow the Drinking Gourd because it led the way to the North where the would be free.
• Freedom Train: The Underground Railroad
• Gospel Train: The Underground Railroad
• The River Jordan: The Mississippi River
• Load of Potatoes: Fugitive slaves the farmers would hide under the crops in their wagons.
• "The wind blows from the South today": This told UGRR workers that there were fugitive slaves in the area.
• "When the sun comes back and the first quail calls": This refers to early spring, which was a good time to escape on the Underground Railroad.
• "The river bank makes a mighty good road": This told slaves that if they were to try and escape, they should walk in the river because dogs couldn't track their scents through water.
• "The dead trees will show you the way": A reminder to slaves that, if the North Star wasn't visible, moss grew only on the north side of dead trees, so they could tell which way to walk.
• "Left foot, peg foot": Footprints left by a wooden-legged UGRR worker as guidelines to the path to freedom.
• "The river ends between two hills": Visual directions to the Ohio River