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Underground Railroad: Code Words
The Underground Railroad helped millions of slaves escape to freedom. People who worked for the Underground Railroad felt that they had to set slaves free because it was wrong to…
The spirituals: Religion & Slave Songs
Over the years immigrant groups from across the world have brought their national music to America, but aside from Native Americans, African Americans were the first to create an indigenous…
Perating the Underground Railroad
The debate in Congress in 1819 and 1820 over whether Missouri should enter the Union as a slave or free state made it clear to the entire nation that the…
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
In 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote "Uncle Tom’s Cabin" to show slavery as a thing so cruel and unjust. In the first year over 300,000 copies of her book were…
