underground railroad
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However, less is known about the underground railroad that ran southbound to Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
KCK also became a major stop on the underground railroad, escaped slaves gaining freedom the instant they crossed the river into Kansas, an abolitionist state.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
A Black woman, forced into an intimate relationship with the white man who controls her every move, flees to freedom via an underground railroad of sympathetic strangers, and then grapples with what freedom means.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 19, 2024
A route from the North Korean border, running through China and into Southeast Asia, is marked out on it — the underground railroad to freedom for defectors.
From Washington Times • Nov. 22, 2023
Despite its success, the new laws in North Carolina had rendered the station inoperable—he was visiting the mine merely to leave a message for the underground railroad that he could accept no more passengers.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
