A Chapter In U.S. History Often Ignored: The Flight Of Runaway Slaves To Mexico

A Chapter In U.S. History Often Ignored: The Flight Of Runaway Slaves To Mexico
Former slave Felix Haywood, 92 years old when he was photographed in San Antonio in 1937, told an interviewer, "All we had to do was walk, but walk south, and we

As the U.S. Treasury considers putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill to honor her role in the northbound underground railroad, there is new attention to the often-overlooked southbound route.

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