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The Maritime Underground Railroad of Puget Sound


 

In September 1860, a Black teenager ran away from slavery in Olympia, Washington Territory. An African-Canadian network helped him flee to Victoria—but Charles Mitchell’s “underground railroad” was a steamer on Puget Sound.  Click below to read more.

The Maritime Underground Railroad of Puget Sound

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