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underground railroad  

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  • A network of routes, safe houses, and courageous individuals who helped thousands of slaves escape to freedom in the decades prior to the Civil War. In the 1700s and early 1800s, abolitionists helped runaway slaves to gain their freedom. [Source: Encyclopedia of African American Society; Underground Railroad]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-JXP2JMDH-1

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