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Despite popular depictions of the Underground Railroad, escaping over land was almost impossible in the Deep South. So thousands of enslaved people found allies on the water.
Harriet Tubman has long been known as a conductor on the Underground Railroad leading enslaved Black people to freedom. Less known is her role as a Unio.