SYSK Selects: How the Underground Railroad Worked

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4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

As early as 1786, groups assembled to help slaves escape lives of bondage. And, as the 19th century progressed, the emergent Underground Railroad grew more sophisticated in aiding escaped slaves. But how did it work? Join Josh and Chuck to learn more.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.0	Hey everybody, it's me Josh and for this week's S.Y.S.K.S.
0:34.6	Selects me and Chuck agreed that we should re-release our episode on the Underground Railroad.
0:41.3	First came out in June of 2011 and it was a pretty good one.
0:44.9	But since we just released our Harriet Tubman episode, we thought this might tie in quite well.
0:49.5	So sit back, relax and enjoy hearing about the thrilling stories from the Underground Railroad
0:55.4	and Happy Black History Month.
0:57.1	Welcome to Steffy Shedno from House Stuff Works.com.
1:07.3	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
1:14.8	I'm Josh Clark and with me is always the Charles W. Chuck Brite.
1:18.6	Which makes this Steffy Shedno the podcast because Chuck and I are the hosts of that.
1:25.0	Hostesses?
1:26.0	No.
1:27.0	Hosts.
1:28.0	Yep.
1:29.0	Chuck?
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