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Rob Portman: “What has become known, Mr. Speaker, as the Underground Railroad was a system of cooperation among African-American…”

On the recordJuly 25, 2000
What has become known, Mr. Speaker, as the Underground Railroad was a system of cooperation among African-American slaves, freed slaves, abolitionists, and other sympathetic whites to help slaves escape bondage and obtain freedom.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the significance of the Underground Railroad during a speech on H.R. 2919.

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