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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The National Park Service edits Harriet Tubman references on Underground Railroad web page, the Washington Post reports.
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Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 11 Apr. 2025
The National Parks Service has restored the original Harriet Tubman material featured on a webpage about the Underground Railroad after garnering outrage over its removal.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2025
The National Park Service has reversed edits and restored content to its webpage about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad in the wake of news reports and public backlash over the changes.
—Ashraf Khalil, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
The National Park Service has officially reversed the controversial edits that were made to its webpages about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 11 Apr. 2025
The National Parks Service has restored the original Harriet Tubman material featured on a webpage about the Underground Railroad after garnering outrage over its removal.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2025
The National Park Service has reversed edits and restored content to its webpage about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad in the wake of news reports and public backlash over the changes.
—Ashraf Khalil, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
The National Park Service has officially reversed the controversial edits that were made to its webpages about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Underground Railroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Underground%20Railroad. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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