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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In the museum, Cross plans to show how certain topics — from the Underground Railroad or Reconstruction — are interconnected.
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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
But it also was stationed along the Underground Railroad, as an abolitionist named Seymour Finney hid those trying to escape to Canada in his barn.
—Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2024
This spring, the National Park Service added the property to its National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2024
Now, new research by María Esther Hammack, an assistant professor of African American history at Ohio State University, is shining a light on how Webber obtained freedom and her pivotal role in the Underground Railroad to the southern border.
—Priscilla Thompson, NBC News, 17 June 2024
Many pivotal steps to end slavery were acts of refusal: The Underground Railroad was created because abolitionists refused to be complicit in oppression and abuse.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
Tubman’s relationship with entities of the natural world was central to her work on the Underground Railroad.
—Tiya Miles, Washington Post, 16 June 2024
Cincinnati has a rich Underground Railroad history, and some Glendale residents think their village played a key role in it.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 16 June 2024
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
But it also was stationed along the Underground Railroad, as an abolitionist named Seymour Finney hid those trying to escape to Canada in his barn.
—Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2024
This spring, the National Park Service added the property to its National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2024
Now, new research by María Esther Hammack, an assistant professor of African American history at Ohio State University, is shining a light on how Webber obtained freedom and her pivotal role in the Underground Railroad to the southern border.
—Priscilla Thompson, NBC News, 17 June 2024
Many pivotal steps to end slavery were acts of refusal: The Underground Railroad was created because abolitionists refused to be complicit in oppression and abuse.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
Tubman’s relationship with entities of the natural world was central to her work on the Underground Railroad.
—Tiya Miles, Washington Post, 16 June 2024
Cincinnati has a rich Underground Railroad history, and some Glendale residents think their village played a key role in it.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 16 June 2024
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