CSPAN2 Slavery And The Underground Railroad In South Central Pennsylvania January 21, 2017
Slaveholding capital pennsylvania from the 1770s on until almost the 1820s and 1830s. Even though it was abolished in a gradual abolition act by the state it still lingered in this local area which was very close to maryland and had more southern ties. It made the area very distinct from the rest of the state as time went on this area transitioned from a slaveholding capital to one of the greatest places on the underground railroad because of geography and the people who lived here. It was on the weight almost distinct. This area which is west was settled more recently. Slavery have taken root...
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