On the cold Christmas night in 1856, Robert Brown made a daring escape out of slavery by way of the Underground Railroad. He arrived on New Year's Night of 1857, in Philadelphia traveling from Martinsburg, West Virginia. Brown, who also went by the alias of Thomas Jones was welcomed by the Underground Railroad Vigilance Committee […]
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