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Underground Railroad

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Un·der·ground Railroad  (ndr-ground)
n.
1. A secret cooperative network that aided fugitive slaves in reaching sanctuary in the free states or in Canada in the years before the abolition of slavery in the United States.
2. underground railroad A secret cooperative network engaged in the clandestine movement and housing of fugitives, such as children removed illegally from the custody of a parent charged with child abuse.

underground railroad
n
(Historical Terms) (often capitals) (in the pre-Civil War US) the system established by abolitionists to aid escaping slaves
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Noun1.Underground RailroadUnderground Railroad - secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War


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