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Underground Railroad

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• Originally published 04/18/2017

  This underground railroad took slaves to freedom in Mexico

  Slaves in the US famously took the underground railroad north into free states and Canada, but a similar path existed to the south into Mexico.

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• Originally published 08/18/2016

  The Perilous Lure of the Underground Railroad

  Kathryn Schulz

  Hardly anyone used it, but it provides us with moral comfort—and white heroes.

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• Originally published 06/28/2016

  Latest Hollywood Trend? Underground Railroad Chic.

  Roy E. Finkenbine

  What’s wrong with that? Too often glitz trumps historical fact.

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• Originally published 02/19/2015

  The Secret History of the Underground Railroad

  Adam Goodheart

  Eric Foner explores how it really worked.

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• Originally published 02/02/2015

  The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad: An Interview with Eric Foner

  Robin Lindley

  Renowned American historian Eric Foner demystifies and clarifies the story of the Underground Railroad in his new book "Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad."

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• Originally published 01/15/2015

  Eric Foner rewrites the history of the Underground Railroad

  The Columbia professor debunks the debunker who claimed that the Underground Railroad was largely fictional

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• Originally published 10/28/2014

  Eric Foner debunks Underground Railroad myth

  In January Foner’s latest book will be published: “Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad.”

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• Originally published 10/11/2013

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• Originally published 02/06/2015

  The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad: An Interview with Eric Foner

  Robin Lindley

  Click here to read this interview.