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"No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the... Full description
Series: What was--?
What was Pearl Harbor?
What was the Alamo?
What was the Battle of Gettysburg?
What was the Boston Tea Party?
What was the first Thanksgiving?
What was the Gold Rush?
What was the March on Washington?
What was the underground railroad?
What is the Panama Canal?
What is the Statue of Liberty?
What was Ellis Island?
What was Pompeii?
What was the Hindenburg?
What was the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
What is the Super Bowl?
What is the World Series?
What was D-Day?
What was Hurricane Katrina?
What was the Great Depression?
What were the Salem Witch Trials?
What are the Summer Olympics?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
What was the Great Chicago Fire?
What was the San Francisco Earthquake?
What was Woodstock?
What were the Twin Towers?
What are the ten commandments?
What is rock and roll?
What was the Age of the Dinosaurs?
What was the Ice Age?
What is climate change?
