Underground Railroad
noun
variants
or less commonly Underground Railway
: a system of cooperation among active antislavery people in the U.S. before 1863 by which people escaping enslavement were secretly helped to reach the North or Canada
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Mother's Day Yoga, 8:30 a.m., National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 E. Freedom Way, Downtown. $10. freedomcenter.org.
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Allison Kiehl, The Enquirer, 5 May 2024
Reading further:Black history 'Underground Railroad' forms across US after increase of book bans
The African American Policy Forum will host a Critical Race Theory summer school in New York to provide a week of training on issues, including advocacy, education and political engagement.
—Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
Then there are churches like Second Baptist Church, down in Greektown, which was a part of the Underground Railroad.
—Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2024
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 permitted slave catchers to kidnap fugitives in free states and return them, without recourse, to their owners, and Plymouth Church became a stop on the Underground Railroad.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2024
Yoga in the Grand Hall, 8:30-9:45 a.m., National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 E. Freedom Way, Downtown.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
The boutique property and on-site restaurant, Ruse, are well worth planning an entire trip around, as is a simple stroll down Talbot Street with historic homes from the 1600s or an outing to the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park, about 50 minutes outside of town.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2024
The Underground Railroad is more of a movement than a path.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2024
William Lambert, a pivotal organizer of Detroit's role in the Underground Railroad, helped free thousands of enslaved people.
—Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2024
Allison Kiehl, The Enquirer, 5 May 2024
Reading further:Black history 'Underground Railroad' forms across US after increase of book bans
The African American Policy Forum will host a Critical Race Theory summer school in New York to provide a week of training on issues, including advocacy, education and political engagement.
—Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
Then there are churches like Second Baptist Church, down in Greektown, which was a part of the Underground Railroad.
—Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2024
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 permitted slave catchers to kidnap fugitives in free states and return them, without recourse, to their owners, and Plymouth Church became a stop on the Underground Railroad.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2024
Yoga in the Grand Hall, 8:30-9:45 a.m., National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 E. Freedom Way, Downtown.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
The boutique property and on-site restaurant, Ruse, are well worth planning an entire trip around, as is a simple stroll down Talbot Street with historic homes from the 1600s or an outing to the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park, about 50 minutes outside of town.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2024
The Underground Railroad is more of a movement than a path.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2024
William Lambert, a pivotal organizer of Detroit's role in the Underground Railroad, helped free thousands of enslaved people.
—Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2024
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