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submitted 1 year ago by RatoGBM@lemmy.world to c/historymemes@lemmy.ml

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If the south had problems with lack of infrastructure, why didn't they just use the underground railroad?

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[–] spauldo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Freight makes more money than smuggling runaway slaves. Same reason there's hardly any passenger service outside the Washington-Boston corridor.