... by helping them find jobs and providing letters of recommendation. Money was also needed to improve the appearance of the runaways. An African American in tattered clothes would attract suspicious eyes. Clever disguises were often used. Some were females dressed as males, males disguised as females, fair-skinned African Americans passed as whites, and others pretended to deliver messages or goods ... the underground system and therefore used other creative methods to obtain freedom. Runaways usually commuted either alone or in small groups at nightfall and rested during the daytime. The...

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... a whole, an equal opportunity must be provided to all citizens. The desired end result in this approach is to provide a more even distribution of wealth amongst the population. In my eyes, the two areas requiring the most attention are health care and education. I believe the health care system is suffering greatly due to government cutbacks. Windsor in particular is more than ... are among the most obvious effects of reductions in health care funding. Similarly, although Canada ranks among the best in the world for education, as stated recently in the Windsor Star, I believe there rema...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate