Preserving The Underground Railroad

Preservation efforts are under way to save sites associated with the Underground Railroad, the network of safe houses that helped slaves escape the South.

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July 11, 2001, 5:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"[A]fter more than a decade of quiet progress by dozens of historians and researchers in identifying and verifying sites on the Underground Railroad, efforts are under way to save dozens of the sites, many of them...on the brink of being lost forever. "

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

Read the full story: New Interest in the Underground Railroad Inspires an Effort to Preserve Its Landmarks

Tuesday, July 10, 2001 in The New York Times

History / Preservation United States

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