Songs of the Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad, a widespread group of people including escaped American slaves and helpers during the 19th century, formed a secret organization to conduct escaping slaves north to Canada, south to Mexico and into US states where slavery was illegal. Songs sung by African Americans in this period are said to have contained coded instructions and maps to find the way to freedom, although such interpretations have been questioned by modern scholarship.
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Songs of the Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad, a widespread group of people including escaped American slaves and helpers during the 19th century, formed a secret organization to conduct escaping slaves north to Canada, south to Mexico and into US states where slavery was illegal. Songs sung by African Americans in this period are said to have contained coded instructions and maps to find the way to freedom, although such interpretations have been questioned by modern scholarship.
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