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Underground Railroad

noun

Secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War. Synonym: Underground Railway.

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"Underground Railroad" Quotes from Famous Books

... your hands. Such material, however, would have been confiscated by the Warden had its existence been known, and none of it would have been permitted to get outside the walls openly. The only thing to do, then, was to get it out secretly—by the "underground railroad." ...

— The Subterranean Brotherhood • Julian Hawthorne

... it?" echoed Jack. "It's the gun-runners' underground railroad. Can't you see it? This river, so the old Indian legend says, emerges across the border. In some way these Mexicans heard of it, and learned the secret of the hollow altar. No wonder the government has not been able to find out how the rebels got ...

— The Border Boys Across the Frontier • Fremont B. Deering

Words linked to "Underground Railroad" : flight, escape, Underground Railway