8: Runaway Railroad

The History of American Slavery by Slate Podcasts

Feb 1, 202056:53Society & Culture

This episode was originally released in 2015. In Episode 8 of the History of American Slavery, hosts Rebecca Onion and Jamelle Bouie discuss the small minority of people who escaped slavery during the 1850s and 1860s and...

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