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The underground railroad book online5/25/2023 Many consider the Underground Railroad to be the first great freedom movement in the Americas and the first time when people of different races and faiths worked together in harmony for freedom and justice. Occasionally, they were guided from one secret, safe location to the next by an ever-changing, clandestine group known as the Underground Railroad. Under the cover of darkness, “fugitives” traveled roughly twenty miles each night traversing rugged terrain while enduring all the hardships that Mother Nature could bring to bear. They moved in constant fear of being killed or recaptured, returned, and beaten as an example of what would happen to others who might choose to run. An estimated 100,000 slaves between 1830 and the end of the Civil War in 1865 chose to embark on this journey in search of freedom. They left during the middle of the night-often carrying little more than the knowledge that moss grows on the north side of trees. Created / Published Philadelphia, Pa., Cincinnati, Ohio etc. Learn the story of the Underground Railroad. A record of facts, authentic narratives, letters &c., narrating the hardships, hair-breadth escapes and death struggles of the slaves in their efforts for freedom, Names Still, William, 1821-1902.
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