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The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad

The Underground RailroadMarch 20, 2023

The Underground Railroad

Ava (Student)

The Underground Railroad—the resistance of enslavement through escape and flight, during and until the end of the Civil War.
What I think of this is its good education to learn more about all my ancestors.  I wonder what their mindsets were – whether to escape or one day getting freedom?
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