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Answers questions about the background of the underground railroad, explains what it was like to be a slave, and describes the hardships faced by fugitive slave

This volume contains a multitude of wonderful stories that weave together a picture of life in the South in the 1800s and the fear and courage of those that par

The culmination of years of research in dozens of archives and libraries, this fascinating encyclopedia provides an unprecedented look at the network known as t