escaper

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The Banks-Dolbeer-Bradley-Foster farmhouse served as a depot on the Underground Railroad to help escapers of slavery reach their freedom.

From Washington Times • Apr. 11, 2021

However, according to research by Professor Susanna Schrafstetter of the University of Vermont, the Ministry of Defence lobbied hard for the families of the 50 murdered "great escapers" to be included.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2017

The Bowibu were permitted to operate in China to track down escapers.

From The Guardian • Jun. 28, 2015

Later, when the artist makes a sketch of one of his haggard fellow escapers, the subject looks at his portrait and wonderingly says that it looks just like his father.

From The Guardian • Dec. 23, 2010

Students calling themselves the Travel Bureau guided escapers from East to West through the city’s maze of sewer pipes.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin