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From the early 19th century until the American Civil War, settlements along the Detroit and Niagara rivers served as important terminals of the Underground Railroad. White and black abolitionists formed a heroic network dedicated to helping free and enslaved African Americans find freedom from oppression. By 1861, some 30,000 freedom-seekers lived in what is now Ontario after secretly traveling north from slave states such as Kentucky and Virginia. Some returned south after the outbreak of the Civil War, but many remained and helped forge the modern Canadian identity.
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