Obama invokes Underground Railroad as justification for Loyalty Day. 30,000 slaves used UR to flee to...Canada. https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/04/27/presidential-proclamation-loyalty-day-2016 …
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@CoreyRobin Most of those ex-slaves (about two thirds) returned to USA after emancipation (to re-join families, mostly).
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