When she returned at Monticello, 9 months later she had gave birth to her first child, and as her light-skinned child grown he started to resemble Jefferson features, which made people subspecies of wondering why the slave child is light. ... There wore no trains existing on the Underground Railroad, but guides were called conductors and the hiding places that they used. ... Guided north by the stars and singing traditional songs like "Follow the Drinking Gourd," most runaways traveled at night on foot and took advantage of the natural protections offered by swamps, bayous, forests, and wate...

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