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How The Underground Railroad Got Its Name : Consider This from NPR

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Popular culture is filled with stories of the underground railroad - the legendary secret network that helped enslaved people escape from southern slave states to free states in the north. Harriet Tubman, who was a Union spy during the Civil War, escaped slavery in Maryland, but returned again and again, risking her own freedom to help free others, including members of her own family.

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npr broke the news in Washington, United States on Monday, February 26, 2024.
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