Description

In this episode I cover the lesser known underground railroad from the United States to Mexico, which runaway slaves took on their way to freedom.

References

Baumgartner, Alice L. 2020. South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the

Civil War. N.p.: Basic Books.

Burnett, John. 2021. “A Chapter In U.S. History Often Ignored: The Flight Of Runaway Slaves

To Mexico.” NPR.

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/28/971325620/a-chapter-in-u-s-history-often-ignored-the-flight-of-runaway-slaves-to-mexico.

Sieff, Kevin, and Carolyn Van Houten. 2019. “Her ancestors fled to Mexico to escape slavery 170 years ago. The matriarch of the Mascogos tribe still sings in English to this day.” The Washington Post.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/world/amp-stories/descendants-of-american-slaves-fled-to-mexico-mascogos/.