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The hidden history of LA’s Underground Railroad includes an unsolved emancipation mystery

The hidden history of LA’s Underground Railroad includes an unsolved emancipation mystery
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Biddy Mason in the late 1870's After 170 years, one of the great mysteries of early Los Angeles history remains unsolved: Who initiated the freedom suit that emancipated Biddy Mason and 13 other Black women and children in an L.A. courtroom in January 1856? The City Council’s recent move to renam...

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