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underground railroad Definition

underground railroad

noun

☆ in the U.S. before the Civil War, a system set up by certain opponents of slavery to help fugitive slaves escape to free states and Canada

underground railroad Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • sort: We already have a nascent global underground railroad of sorts, thanks partly to mobility within the communion.

Converse of object

  • assist: He and his wife began a family and assisted the Underground Railroad.
  • have: We already have a nascent global underground railroad of sorts, thanks partly to mobility within the communion.

Adjective modifier

  • nascent: We already have a nascent global underground railroad of sorts, thanks partly to mobility within the communion.
  • global: We already have a nascent global underground railroad of sorts, thanks partly to mobility within the communion.