Underground Railroad 
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SOURCE: National Park Service
9/12/2020
The Constitution and the Underground Railroad: How a System of Government Dedicated to Liberty Protected Slavery
by Paul Finkelman
"As we celebrate Constitution Day, it is important to remember that this document protected slavery and set the stage for the federal government to hunt down and arrest people, whose only crime was the color of their skin and their desire to benefit from “the Blessings of Liberty” that the Constitution claimed it was written to achieve."
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SOURCE: BillyPenn
2/15/20
This one-of-a-kind conference celebrates the real people behind the Underground Railroad
The gathering at Temple is totally free and open to the public.
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2/6/20
Harriet Tubman and a National Legacy of Midnight Skies and Silent Stars
by Todd Lookingbill
The Oscar buzz around the film and the popularity of the biopic with critics and general audiences alike creates an opportunity to discuss and shine a light on the important landscape associated with this amazing historical figure.
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1/19/20
What Dreams of Canada Tell Us About Race in America
by April Rosenblum
At a time when American casualties in Vietnam were disproportionately African American, most of those who successfully made it to Canada to resist the draft were white.
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SOURCE: History.com
10/30/19
6 Strategies Harriet Tubman and Others Used to Escape Along the Underground Railroad
From elaborate disguises to communicating in code to fighting back, enslaved people found multiple paths to freedom.
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SOURCE: Process History
10/31/19
African American Women's Work in the Underground Railroad Beyond Harriet Tubman
by Jazma Sutton
African American women, arguably the most vulnerable group in antebellum America, used every means at their disposal to escape slavery, liberate family members, assist in others’ self-liberation, and hold on to whatever measure of freedom they had achieved.
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9/15/19
The Native Americans Who Assisted the Underground Railroad
by Roy E. Finkenbine
Studying the role of Native Americans in assisting freedom seekers in the pre-Civil War Midwest requires the historian to assemble an archive from a range of disparate sources.
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2/3/19
What Popular Histories Often Get Wrong About the Underground Railroad
by Roy E. Finkenbine
Underground Railroad activists and fugitive slaves had to improvise in response to ever-shifting circumstances.
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SOURCE: Smithsonian
3-23-18
Underground Railroad Safe House Discovered in Philadelphia
Preservationists say they have identified the home of famed black abolitionist William Still, who offered refuge to hundreds of freedom seekers.
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SOURCE: PRI
4-29-17
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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SOURCE: The New Yorker
8-22-16
The Perilous Lure of the Underground Railroad
by Kathryn Schulz
Hardly anyone used it, but it provides us with moral comfort—and white heroes.
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7-3-16
Latest Hollywood Trend? Underground Railroad Chic.
by Roy E. Finkenbine
What’s wrong with that? Too often glitz trumps historical fact.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
2-16-15
The Secret History of the Underground Railroad
by Adam Goodheart
Eric Foner explores how it really worked.
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2-6-15
The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad: An Interview with Eric Foner
by 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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SOURCE: NYT
1-14-15
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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SOURCE: RedAndBlack
10-28-14
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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