Množina: Underground Railroads
Abolitionists secret aid to escaping slaves; pre-Civil War in US; Also called: Underground Railway.
In US history, a network established in the North before the American Civil War to provide sanctuary and assistance for escaped black slaves. Safe houses, transport facilities, and “conductors” existed to lead the slaves to safety in the North and Canada, although the number of fugitives who secured their freedom by these means may have been exaggerated.