How Did the Saltwater Underground Railroad Work?

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How Did the Saltwater Underground Railroad Work?

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Aug 7, 2020

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In America, most of the Underground Railroad moved enslaved people north to freedom -- but Florida's Saltwater Underground Railroad moved people south, to the Bahamas. Learn how it worked in this episode of BrainStuff.
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Aug 7, 2020

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