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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Once a stop on the Underground Railroad, the Jarratt House is owned by the city of Petersburg.
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Usa Today Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026
Gerrit Smith, one of the Secret Six who funded Brown’s raid at Harper’s Ferry, operated a station of the Underground Railroad with his wife, Ann, from their home in New York.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
The area is rich in history, with nearby Bath (the state’s first port of entry), and museums like the Washington Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum.
—Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2026
Get history lessons at the Cincinnati Museum Center and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
—Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
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Usa Today Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026
Gerrit Smith, one of the Secret Six who funded Brown’s raid at Harper’s Ferry, operated a station of the Underground Railroad with his wife, Ann, from their home in New York.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
The area is rich in history, with nearby Bath (the state’s first port of entry), and museums like the Washington Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum.
—Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2026
Get history lessons at the Cincinnati Museum Center and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
—Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for Underground Railroad
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“Underground Railroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Underground%20Railroad. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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