Underground Railroad
noun
variants
or less commonly Underground Railway
: a system of cooperation among active antislavery people in the U.S. before 1863 by which people escaping enslavement were secretly helped to reach the North or Canada
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Benicio del Toro’s character (Sensei Sergio) runs an Underground Railroad-style network for undocumented immigrants.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
Commemorative coins honoring the 200th anniversary of the birth of Harriet Tubman, a former slave who helped other slaves escape through the Underground Railroad, were issued in 2024.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
The city of Westfield is planning an installation that will honor the people connected to the Underground Railroad.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
The scope of people seeking freedom through Wisconsin’s Underground Railroad network may not be fully known, Benson said.
—La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
Commemorative coins honoring the 200th anniversary of the birth of Harriet Tubman, a former slave who helped other slaves escape through the Underground Railroad, were issued in 2024.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
The city of Westfield is planning an installation that will honor the people connected to the Underground Railroad.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
The scope of people seeking freedom through Wisconsin’s Underground Railroad network may not be fully known, Benson said.
—La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Underground Railroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Underground%20Railroad. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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