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- DictionaryUn·der·ground Rail·road/ˌəndərˌɡround ˈrālˌrōd/
- 1. a secret network for helping slaves escape from the South to the North and to Canada in the years before the Civil War.
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- Underground Railroad
Network of secret routes & safehouses in 19th-century U.S. used by slaves to find freedom
The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century. It was used by enslaved African Americans primarily to escape into free states and from there to Canada. The network, primarily the work of free African Americans (and some whites as well), was assisted by abolitionists and others sympathetic to the cause o... Wikipedia
