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Harriet Tubman

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Students study the history of the United States in the 1800s, including the issue of slavery. They discover that the Underground Railroad was a network of people and hiding places in the United States and Canada, set up to help escaping slaves reach freedom.

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4th - 6th
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Social Studies & History
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