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Underground railroad was a do-or-die trip for slaves fleeing plantations of the South
MICHAEL A. SAWYERS
CUMBERLAND — The decision to begin travel on the underground railroad was one of desperation, according to Kimberly Rolls, a Keyser, W.Va., resident who spoke about the runaway slaves at a gathering Thursday night at the Western Maryland Station Center in honor of Black History Month.