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How Enslaved Africans in Alabama used Tree Bark as Shoes to Gain Freedom

How Enslaved Africans in Alabama used Tree Bark as Shoes to Gain Freedom

Heroic tales have often been told of the ingenuity and heroic acts of the enslaved and how they gained their freedom from their masters. But, history and research has been silent on one aspect of this journey to freedom by the enslaved, which is how plants species played a key role in the success of…

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