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American History: Documents: Benjamin Drew: Testimony of the Canadian Fugitives

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From an academic website, these pages record the testimony of American slaves that fled north to Canada. In the United States these types of original documents are collected under the category of Slave Narratives and they represent an unfiltered insight to the life of the slaves.

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underground railroad, anti-slavery movement, benjamin drew:, from revolution to reconstruction, harry thomas, henry blue, revolution to reconstruction, slaves, testimony of the canadian fugitives, thomas hedgebeth, william a. hall, fugitive slaves in canada

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