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9 matches to Underground Railroad
Underground Railroad. 1838-65. Northerners help US slaves escape to Canada, defying Fugitive Slave Acts.
Baker, Benjamin. 1840-1907. English engineer: London Underground 1869. Forth Bridge 1882. Aswan Dam.
Fowler, John. 1817-98. English engineer: London Underground.
Resistance. WWII underground paramilitary groups in German-occupied countries, notably France. Partisans. Maquis.
United Irishmen. 1791. Underground organization founded by Wolfe Tone. Irish Rebellion 1797-98.
Warsaw Uprising. 1830-1. Czartoryski attempt to oust Russians crushed. 1944. Polish underground army defeats Germans but Soviet delay allows German reinforcements to defeat Poles, destroying potential opposition to later Soviet control.
Crédit Mobilier of America. 1865-72. Scandal involving illegal profits, graft in Union Pacific Railroad construction.
Stanford, Leland. 1824-93. US railroad builder. Stanford University 1885.
Vanderbilt. 19C US Railroad magnate family. Founded university.