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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For example, Barry appears to have been an abolitionist, and may have had some role in the Underground Railroad, Gibson said.
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Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
The ruins of a Wyandotte County town site that served as an outpost on the Underground Railroad deserve to be recognized as a National Historic Landmark, according to a bipartisan group of Kansas City area Congressional leaders.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
Addy’s first dress pays homage to the Underground Railroad, to resistance and hope, to the willingness to demand better and put everything on the line for it.
—Jaha Nailah Avery, Essence, 13 May 2025
The National Park Service edits Harriet Tubman references on Underground Railroad web page, the Washington Post reports.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 11 Apr. 2025
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Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
The ruins of a Wyandotte County town site that served as an outpost on the Underground Railroad deserve to be recognized as a National Historic Landmark, according to a bipartisan group of Kansas City area Congressional leaders.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
Addy’s first dress pays homage to the Underground Railroad, to resistance and hope, to the willingness to demand better and put everything on the line for it.
—Jaha Nailah Avery, Essence, 13 May 2025
The National Park Service edits Harriet Tubman references on Underground Railroad web page, the Washington Post reports.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Underground Railroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Underground%20Railroad. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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