Canada, Free, and History: HİSTORY$ @HISTORY , 12 feb.  Slaveholders knew that enslaved people were escaping to Mexico, and the  U.S. tried to get Mexico to sign a fugitive slave treaty. But Mexico refused to  sign such a treaty, insisting that all enslaved people were free when they set  foot on Mexican soil  The Little-Known Underground Railroad That Ran South to Mexico  The Underground Railroad ran south as well as north. For slaves in  Texas, refuge in Canada must have seemed impossibly far away.  history.com FYI
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