The Underground Railroad

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Before the US Civil War, a group of abolitionists didn’t just sit around passively to wait for the end of slavery to arrive. They took matters into their own hands. They set up a clandestine network that operated over multiple states to bring escaped slaves to freedom. Their network wasn’t a top-down organization, which centrally organized everything. Rather, it was one of the earliest examples of a decentralized network where the members didn’t even know who else was involved. Learn more about the Underground Railroad and how it brought thousands of people to freedom on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Stitch Fix Go to stitchfix.com/everywhere to have a stylist help you look your best Tourist Office of Spain Plan your next adventure at Spain.info Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Before the U.S. Civil War, a group of abolitionists didn't just sit around passively to wait for the end of slavery to arrive.
0:07.1	They took matters into their own hands.
0:09.6	They set up a clandestine network that operated over multiple states to bring escaped slaves to freedom.
0:15.9	Their network wasn't a top-down organization which centrally organized everything.
0:20.5	Rather, it was one of the
0:21.4	earliest examples of a decentralized network where the members didn't even know who else was
0:26.4	involved. Learn more about the Underground Railroad and how it brought thousands of people to freedom
0:31.6	on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
0:47.0	Music Everywhere Daily. This episode is sponsored by the Up First podcast.
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