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Slave Traveling Atop A Train, 1857

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Written on border: "Escaping from Baltimore, 1857 on top of a car." Includes additonal text

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Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection

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Art and Picture Collection. The New York Public Library

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Keywords

  1. Colburn, Jeremiah, 1815 1891
  2. Fugitive Slaves
  3. Railroads
  4. Slaver
  5. Slaves
  6. Underground Railroad
  7. United States

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