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Russell Contreras, Associated Press

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Story of the Underground Railroad to Mexico Gains Attention

by Russell Contreras, Associated Press September 17, 2020August 31, 2022

While researching U.S. Civil War history in South Texas, Roseann Bacha-Garza came across the two unique families of the Jacksons and the Webbers living along the Rio Grande. White men […]

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