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 Negro Motorist Green Book, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 E. Freedom Way, Downtown.
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Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 21 July 2024
Saturday-Sunday, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 E. Freedom Way, Downtown.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 10 July 2024
In the museum, Cross plans to show how certain topics — from the Underground Railroad or Reconstruction — are interconnected.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2024
Already famous for her furtive work as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, Tubman arrived in Beaufort in the spring of 1862, a few weeks after the Union general David Hunter declared martial law and ordered the emancipation of the local enslaved population.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
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Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 21 July 2024
Saturday-Sunday, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 E. Freedom Way, Downtown.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 10 July 2024
In the museum, Cross plans to show how certain topics — from the Underground Railroad or Reconstruction — are interconnected.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2024
Already famous for her furtive work as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, Tubman arrived in Beaufort in the spring of 1862, a few weeks after the Union general David Hunter declared martial law and ordered the emancipation of the local enslaved population.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
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