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Railroads and the Making of Modern America: Slavery and Southern Railroads

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Primary source materials that focus on how the railroad companies supported the slavery system through slave labor, slave ownership, and as a transportation system for the slave market in the South. Content includes contracts, company reports, articles, letters, etc.

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