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by WVVLhHpCQb | Nov 9, 2022 | Hidden Figures
By day he worked as an iron merchant – but by night, Thomas Garrett helped thousands escape slavery as a station master on the Underground...
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by WVVLhHpCQb | Sep 28, 2022 | Things You Didn't Know
She’s known as a savior of the enslaved – but few know that during the American Civil War, Harriet Tubman was an exceptionally capable Union Army...
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by WVVLhHpCQb | Apr 13, 2022 | America Explained
Women weren’t just spectators of the American Civil War – they played a vital role in the home, the workplace, the battlefield and...
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by WVVLhHpCQb | Aug 18, 2021 | America Explained
A sprawling network of secret routes, pathways and safe houses, the Underground Railroad helped countless enslaved people escape to freedom in the 18th and 19th...