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Lecture 5 - Telling a Free Story: Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad in Myth and Reality

HIST 119: The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877

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Barriers Facing Abolitionists

David Blight outlines legal, constitutional, and racial-scientific obstacles confronting anti-slavery activists.

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