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October 5, 2023 at 10:30 pm #1441
Anne Goff
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    @anneg

    Not sure of the purpose other than to make the underground railroad very literal and concrete.  When I was a kid and learned about the underground railroad, I at first envisioned it as an actual railroad under the ground.