[Underground railroad map of the United States, ca. 1838-1860. 1941?]

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[Underground railroad map of the United States, ca. 1838-1860. 1941?]

map on 4 sheets 92 x 91 cm. or smaller.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7681654

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Hinton was a former slave who was living in North Carolina at the time of the interview. From the guide to the Martha Adeline Hinton interview, 1937, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) One of the first actions by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression of the 1930s was to extend federal work relief to the unemployed. One such relief program was the Works Progress Administration, which FDR established in 1933. By 1941 the WPA had provided empl...