Underground Railroad

Name: Underground Railroad
Uploaded: 2023-12-12T11:21:58.109Z
Duration: 3 min 39 s
Description: Before the American Civil War abolitionists helped enslaved people in the South escape to the North or to Canada via an organized system known as the Underground Railroad.

Before the American Civil War abolitionists helped enslaved people in the South escape to the North or to Canada via an organized system known as the Underground Railroad.

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