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The first commercial railroads were built in the 1820s and 1830s.
because it took place just as railway travel became
possible. The escapes were against the law. They had to
be kept secret, or “underground,” to help the freedom
seekers stay hidden. Other historians believe the term
came from a slaveholder hunting a freedom seeker who
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