ERIC Number: EJ417597
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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The First Great Migration: The Underground Railroad.
Goodstein, Carol
Crisis, v98 n2 p30,32,45-46 Feb 1990
Describes the Underground Railroad, a loosely organized system used by runaway Southern slaves to reach freedom in the North. Discusses the role of "conductors," who acted as guides and offered shelter along the route. (FMW)
Descriptors: Black Achievement, Black History, Blacks, Migration Patterns, Slavery, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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