In the 19th century, slaveholders advertised widely for runaway slaves and often hired men to track and capture fugitives. African-American communities offered sanctuary space to the runaways.
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What are the race-related struggles that African-American students experience throughout their school years? Here's the story of Tyrone.
More than 150 years of scholarship and activism hasn't brought us any closer to consensus.
