Underground Railroad
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I know you're wondering, what railroad? Well the simple fact is that
everybody has heard of the , but not everyone knows
just what it was. Firstly, it wasn't underground, and it wasn't even a
railroad. The term "" actually comes from a runaway
slave, who while being chased swam across a creek a ....
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.... slaves could be bought, and earning
profits as a bonus for not having to pay hired work.
Slaves turned to freedom for more than one reason. Some were
obsessed with being free and living a life where they were not told how
to live. Others ran due to fear of being separted or sold from friends
and family. Then there were some who were treated so cruely, that it
forced them to run just to stay alive. Since coming to America as slaves
even back as far back as when the first colonies beg ....
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