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The Underground Railroad in Texas

In the 1840s and 1850s, escaped Texas slaves blazed a less well publicized path to freedom.

Texas's Underground Railroad was documented by an accomplished New York architect named Frederick Law Olmsted, who published his observations in the New York Times.

"The History of Our Freedoms" is produced by KEDT-FM in Corpus Christi. Dr. Bill Chriss is a historian and legal scholar. For more on history and the constitution, check out his blog at https://drbillchriss.substack.com/.

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