Underground railroad

Definition of Underground railroad

A railroad or railway running through a tunnel, as beneath the streets of a city
Formerly, a system of coöperation among certain active antislavery people in the United States prior to 1866, by which fugitive slaves were secretly helped to reach Canada.
- W. D. Howells.
See under Railroad.

See also: Railroad Railroad Underground

Related Words

escape, flight, Underground Railway
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