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The Refugee

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

An 1856 collection of interviews and reflections by Benjamin Drew documenting the experiences of formerly enslaved African Americans and refugees from slavery.

AP course connection

Topic 2.20: 2.20 Race to the Promised Land: Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad

Unit 2

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