U.S. conference highlights slaves' southern path to freedom

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla (Reuters) - With the North Star as the guiding light for runaway slaves and Canada as the Promised Land, the underground railroad that U.S. schoolchildren read about in textbooks points to freedom in just one direction - the north. But scholars gathering this week for the National Underground Railroad Conference will head south to St. Augustine, Florida, home to the former ...

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U.S. conference highlights slaves' southern path to freedom

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