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When I was
growing up I always loved history, whether it was ancient history
or local history. Our textbooks in those days said that all the
slaves were happy on the plantations. But I said to myself as I
started to get into it, if the enslaved people were happy, why did
they run away? Why did they plan revolts? There were over 500
revolts throughout the United States at the time. The Underground
Railroad became a safety valve. If it hadn’t occurred, there would
have even been more revolts. |
