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American Experience•Season 2•Episode 16

Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad

Jan 16, 199055 min

Men and women, black and white, risked their lives to carve an elaborate network of escape routes out of slavery in the mid 1800s -- trails and backroads, safehouses, river crossings and night trains leading as far north as Canada. Disguises, secret rendezvous and special

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Episode Summary

"Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad" is episode 16 of American Experience season 2. It aired on January 16, 1990.

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