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Meanings of underground railroad in inglês

português
underground railroad
catalão
underground railroad
espanhol
ferrocarril subterráneo

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

underground railroad
Usage of underground railroad in inglês
1
They're aiming to ride some kind of an underground railroad for fugitives.
Nothing to lose
2
The employes of the underground railroad in Paris are GOVERNMENT employes.
Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers
3
Also, we're working to get an underground railroad together for people in the States.
Save the Cheerleader, Destroy the World
4
This underground railroad was too important for too many people.
A Matter of Trust
5
However, the bravest workers on the underground railroad were black.
The Black Experience in America
6
There was a book, a child's book, about Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad.
The new yorker
7
I hear he's got a whole underground railroad out there.
Brave New World
8
Like the underground railroad was like Wendy's house of transitioning.
The new yorker
9
She also instructed about 70 more people on how to traverse the underground railroad.
The Guardian
10
In the meantime, there's an underground railroad to get running.
A Matter of Trust
11
This must be a regular station on the underground railroad between Asuncion and Lymanville!
Boy Scouts in an Airship; Or, The Warning from the Sky
12
The employes on the Paris underground railroad had a strike and have settled their strike.
Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers
13
There is an underground railroad in every penal institution.
The Subterranean Brotherhood
14
The underground railroad, as everyone called it, had always brought escaped slaves up to New York.
New york: the novel
15
Is there no " underground railroad" by which they may win their way to freedom?
Analyzing Character / The New Science of Judging Men; Misfits in...
16
Going on the underground railroad to Canada.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 / A Magaz...
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