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THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
Wherever there are slaves there are fugitives if there is an available place of refuge.

The wilds of Florida were such a refuge during the early part of last century.

When the Northern States became free, fugitive slaves began to escape thither, and Canada, when it could be reached, was, of course, the goal of perfect security and liberty for all.
A professed object of the early anti-slavery societies was to prevent the enslavement of free negroes and in other ways to protect their rights.

During the process of emancipation in Northern States large numbers of colored persons were spirited off to the South and sold into slavery.