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I dig through archives to unearth hidden stories from African-American history

  • Written by Jane Landers, Professor of History, Vanderbilt University
I dig through archives to unearth hidden stories from African-American historyTeam member Felix Knight looks through archives at the Church of Espiritu Santo in Havana, Cuba.David LaFevor, CC BY-SA

Many years ago, as a graduate student searching in the archives of Spanish Florida, I discovered the first “underground railroad” of enslaved Africans escaping from Protestant Carolina to find religious sanctuary in...

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