How a Remnant of Chicago’s Ice Age Geology Created a Path to Freedom on the Underground Railroad – WTTW (Chicago)

An estimated 6,000-10,000 enslaved people passed through Illinois between 1820 and 1861, using the Mississippi, Ohio and Illinois rivers as their guides. Though Illinois was a free state, it wasn’t considered as safe as others, and most freedom seekers continued on to Canada or Detroit.
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debtsor
5 years ago

“indigenous peoples”

Technically no one is indigenous to North America as everyone who came here pre-columbian did so by walking a frozen land bridge, or now, as increasingly accepted, by raft or boat.

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