Underground Railroad: The Secret History

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Archaeologists and historians use cutting-edge technology to investigate and explore some of the biggest mysteries surrounding the Underground Railroad, a secret network that helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom.
Seeking Southern Sanctuary
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Retracing the steps of freedom seekers escaping on the Underground Railroad, archaeologists use high tech to explore a Florida fort that was nearly erased from history and thermal drones to reveal caves of refuge in Texas along a secret road to Mexico.

Midwest Refuge
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Archaeologists unearth the lost community of Quindaro, Kan., a long-forgotten abolitionist town that shielded Freedom Seekers from bounty hunters; in Illinois, experts use tech tools to explore a secret underground tunnel.

Contradictions Along the Atlantic
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Archaeologists uncover evidence of a Freedom Seeker community in the swampy marshlands between Virginia and North Carolina; in Maryland, experts investigate artifacts that may confirm the location of Harriet Tubman's childhood home.

Setting Sail for Freedom
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Underwater archaeologists search for the wreck of the USS Planter, a Civil War vessel seized by Freedom Seekers to escape the Confederacy; in Canada, experts use tech to uncover how Freedom Seekers lived once they made it to their new homeland.