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She opens: “I grew up like a neglected weed-ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.” The many narratives here are as ripe with metaphor as they are with exquisitely detailed recollections of the land and people encountered during escape, and with wonderfully rich descriptions of often-prosperous enterprises created once freedom was achieved. Occupying a mere half-page near the beginning of the book is Harriet Tubman. The result is a chorus of voices illuminating a harrowing chapter of history and the astonishing feats of resistance that ultimately beat back the system of American chattel slavery. To compile this book, Benjamin Drew, a white abolitionist from Plymouth, Mass., visited 14 communities in Canada and transcribed the stories of more than 100 formerly enslaved people. Photo: Bridgeman Images A North-Side View of Slaveryġ. ‘The Underground Railroad’ (1893) by Charles T.

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