underground railroad

Example Sentences

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For four decades, the Boritts lived on an 18th-century farm in Gettysburg that had once served as a stop on the Underground Railroad and an ad hoc hospital during the battle., who survives him, as do their three sons.

From The Wall Street Journal

For four decades, they lived on an 18th-century farm in Gettysburg that had once served as a stop on the Underground Railroad and an ad hoc hospital during the battle.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was through that Underground Railroad.

From Literature

She said the Pickled Onion didn’t know about the Underground Railroad back when she lived there, and neither did her husband.

From Literature

His eyes seemed to take in everything around us, and the thought struck me that as a conductor on the Underground Railroad here, he was probably a good detective, too.

From Literature