Underground Railroad
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underground-railroad-206-7566302
title:
Underground Railroad
text:
Enslaved Black Americans escaped from slavery as early as the 17th century and many of their escapes were unaided. The first documented slave escapes on the Underground Railroad were recorded in the 1640s, and by the 1700s fugitive slave notices in colonial American newspapers were featured often. The Underground Railroad was used by freedom seekers before it was an organized network of safe houses by the 19th century. The network of safe houses operated by agents generally known as the Undergro
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Network for fugitive slaves in 19th-century U.S.
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad
date created:
2001-11-25T00:13:34Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T20:08:34Z
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13
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