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2. Underground Railroad - Wikipedia

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   International Underground Railroad Memorial in Windsor, Ontario John Brown participated in the Underground Railroad as an abolitionist. British North America (present-day Canada) was a desirable destination, as its long border gave many points of access, it was farther from slave catchers , and it was beyond the reach of the United States ...

3. The Underground Railroad (novel) - Wikipedia

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   The Underground Railroad is a historical fiction novel by American author Colson Whitehead, published by Doubleday in 2016. The alternate history [1] novel tells the story of Cora, a slave in the Antebellum South during the 19th century, who makes a bid for freedom from her Georgia plantation by following the Underground Railroad, which the novel depicts as an actual rail transport system with ...

4. List of Underground Railroad sites - Wikipedia

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   [1] [2] Rev. Josiah Henson, a former enslaved man who fled slavery via the Underground Railroad with his wife Nancy and their children, was a cofounder of the Dawn Settlement in 1841. Dawn Settlement was designed to be a community for black refugees, where children and adults could receive an education and develop skills so that they could prosper.

5. Flee North - Wikipedia

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   Flee North is a biography of Thomas Smallwood (1801–1883), a man who helped hundreds of African Americans escape slavery via the Underground Railroad.The author, Scott Shane, makes the claim that Smallwood was the first to coin the term "underground railroad" in a letter published in 1842.

6. Independent Underground Railroad scholar on quest to ...

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   He is speaking on the Black History Month topic, "The Untold Story of the Reverend Robert Brown: A Life After the Underground Railroad," from noon to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 28, in the Cardinal ...

7. Barry Jenkins’ ‘The Underground Railroad’ Is a ... - AOL

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   Every single frame of “The Underground Railroad” is haunted. Ghosts of horrors past, present and future linger at the story’s edges, flicker in and out with eerie ease. People alive, dead ...

8. Map: Illinois Underground Railroad historical sites, plus ...

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   If you were paying attention in history class, you’ll recall the Underground Railroad wasn’t a railroad at all. Rather, it was a fluid network of locations where freedom seekers sought refuge ...

9. Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad

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   Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad is a 1989 for-television documentary on the Underground Railroad. It was produced by the Public Broadcasting Service as part of the American Experience series. [1] The documentary was directed by Orlando Bagwell. [2]