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Underground Railroad (Courtesy of Buxton National Historic Site and Museum)

Underground Railroad, loose network of antislavery northerners—mostly blacks—that illegally helped fugitive slaves reach safety in the free states...

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Abolitionist Movement (The Granger Collection, Ltd)

Abolitionist Movement, reform movement during the 18th and 19th centuries. Often called the antislavery movement, it sought to end the enslavement...

African American history, the Underground Railroad

African American history, the Underground Railroad (THE BETTMANN ARCHIVE)

Many members of interracial antislavery societies added their efforts to the work of black churches and other black organizations in a vast...

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Map of Railroad Pass (Arizona)

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- organization helping slaves: a secret organization that helped slaves flee from the southern United States to Canada or other places of safety prior to the abolition of slavery

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- clandestine travel route for fugitive: a secret network or route by which a fugitive can be smuggled into or out of a country or moved around safely inside it

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Underground Railroad : pictures related to the Underground Railroad (THE BETTMANN ARCHIVE)

Underground Railroad : pictures related to the Underground Railroad

Railroad Station (Colin Garratt/Milepost 92½/Corbis)

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Underground Railroad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th century Black slaves in the United States to escape to free states (or as far north ...
Underground Railroad--History of Slavery, Pictures, Information
You are a slave in Maryland in the 1800s. Can you escape? Learn what challenges slaves faced in National Geographic's Underground Railroad adventure. Get information, pictures ...
Underground Railroad, Inc. - Saginaw, MI
Mission. Welcome to Underground Railroad, Inc. serving all residents of Saginaw County who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking.

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