Slavery and abolition of slavery

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Deep in the American South, 'land of the hunted and the haunted,' three young slaves have broken free.

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Cuando los esclavos negros comprendieron que al lado de las ciudades de la colonia estaban las selvas, que al lado de la servidumbre y del látigo estaban Dios, la naturaleza y la libertad, comenzaron a huir a los bosques.

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