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 administration even directed the National Park Service to scrub references to Harriet Tubman and slavery from the Underground Railroad site in Maryland, a move that was quickly reversed after much public backlash
For some Americans, this kind of government assault on education is not new.
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Karida L. Brown, Essence, 21 May 2025
The church may very well have served as a hiding place in the Underground Railroad, given that March Haynes, a deacon of the church, was a known member of the network.
—Brienne Walsh, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
For example, Barry appears to have been an abolitionist, and may have had some role in the Underground Railroad, Gibson said.
—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
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Karida L. Brown, Essence, 21 May 2025
The church may very well have served as a hiding place in the Underground Railroad, given that March Haynes, a deacon of the church, was a known member of the network.
—Brienne Walsh, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
For example, Barry appears to have been an abolitionist, and may have had some role in the Underground Railroad, Gibson said.
—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
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“Underground Railroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Underground%20Railroad. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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