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W. M. Mitchell's The Underground Railroad - A Firsthand Account of the Struggle for Freedom
William M. Mitchell (circa 1826 to circa 1879) was a free-born...
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Lear Green - Escaping Slavery in a Chest
Lear Green (circa 1839-1860) was an enslaved African American woman...
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Henry Box Brown on Slavery in the United States
The Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown (1851) is the autobiography...
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Henry Box Brown - The Man Who Mailed Himself to Freedom
Henry Box Brown (l. c. 1815-1897) was an enslaved African American...
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Sojourner Truth's Escape from Slavery
Sojourner Truth's Escape from Slavery comes from the Narrative...
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Harriet Jacobs
Harriet Jacobs (l. c. 1813-1897) was a former slave, abolitionist...
