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ollegr [7]
3 years ago
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How did the Underground Railroad work and for how long did it run?

History
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saw5 [17]3 years ago
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The Underground Railroad, a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada, was not run by any single organization or person. ... Still, it effectively moved hundreds of slaves northward each year -- according to one estimate, the South lost 100,000 slaves between 1810 and 1850.

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