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Uncovering Texas’ Underground Railroad The history is only now coming to light Harriet Tubman escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist. She led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad. Texas historians are ramping up a new effort to document freedom seekers who escaped through Texas. That pathway was probably less organized than the network Tubman knew, historians say.(ABRAMS BOOKS - NYT) 2:00 AM on Jul 4, 2021 CDT It may seem odd to talk about a 200-year-old issue as an “emerging field,” but that’s what is happening among historians who are only now uncovering traces of the Texas Underground Railroad. At a virtual town hall meeting hosted last week by the Organization of American Historians and the National Park Service, experts peered into the murky past surrounding freedom seekers in Texas. And they asked Texans for help.

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