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World Service,06 May 1998,28 mins

Underground Railroad, Slavery

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Stories of the journeys taken by runaway slaves in the southern states of the US as told to William Still who wrote up 900 accounts of underground railroad escapes in 1872. Contributors include Charles Blockson whose great grandfather Jim was one escapee.

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