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 museum leads the Journey to Freedom Underground Railroad tour year-round, which is a member of the National Park Service.
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Meredith Bruckner, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
Nearby lies the Gammon House, a tidy brick home that was once a stop on the Underground Railroad.
—Caitlin Hu, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
The Second Baptist Church in New Albany, Indiana, served as a stop on the Underground Railroad before the Civil War.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Feb. 2026
The Midwest Underground Railroad Network is co-sponsoring the event.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
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Meredith Bruckner, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
Nearby lies the Gammon House, a tidy brick home that was once a stop on the Underground Railroad.
—Caitlin Hu, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
The Second Baptist Church in New Albany, Indiana, served as a stop on the Underground Railroad before the Civil War.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Feb. 2026
The Midwest Underground Railroad Network is co-sponsoring the event.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Underground Railroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Underground%20Railroad. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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