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The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal and the Underground Railroad
by Timothy R. Snyder
It has long been said that the C&O Canal was a part of the Underground Railroad used by slaves to escape from bondage during the American Antebellum Era. Take, for example, the below quote from a travel brochure issued to Baltimore & Ohio Railroad passengers, circa 1923: