Michael Burgan
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"Weird But True! Know-It-All titles take the same classic branding of Weird But True and dive deeper to provide kids with a comprehensive overview of everything they need to know about a single subject, while packing in all the wacky, weird tidbits! This edition explores a complicated and timely subject: the government of the United States!"--
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Many slaves escaped to seek freedom. Those runaway slaves were often aided in their passage to free territory by a growing network of people who saw slavery as morally reprehensible. This network, the Underground Railroad, was first organized in the 1830s and continued on through the Civil War, growing and evolving as slave owners hunted down runaways. The system eventually disappeared with the official end of slavery in the South after the Civil...