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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Bounties were placed on his head and assassination attempts were made against him and his family in response to his work on the Underground Railroad.
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TIME, 2 Dec. 2024
Watch on Amazon The Underground Railroad Based on the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Colson Whitehead, this limited series from Moonlight director Barry Jenkins sticks pretty closely to the premise of the book.
—Matt Kamen, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
Instead, she’s celebrated as more of a mythic figure, the specifics of her arduous journeys on the Underground Railroad overlooked in favor of sweeping heroic narratives.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
The commemoration, held at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park and Visitor Center, was attended by dozens of people including Tubman's descendants, military members, community members, and local leaders.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2024
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TIME, 2 Dec. 2024
Watch on Amazon The Underground Railroad Based on the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Colson Whitehead, this limited series from Moonlight director Barry Jenkins sticks pretty closely to the premise of the book.
—Matt Kamen, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
Instead, she’s celebrated as more of a mythic figure, the specifics of her arduous journeys on the Underground Railroad overlooked in favor of sweeping heroic narratives.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
The commemoration, held at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park and Visitor Center, was attended by dozens of people including Tubman's descendants, military members, community members, and local leaders.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2024
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