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"Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge." Joshua 20:2
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The Underground Railroad is a term for the covert network of people and places that assisted fugitive slaves as they escaped from slavery in the South; this activity primarily took place in the regions bordering slave states.
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The law criminalized helping or harboring a runaway slave and denied the accused person the right to offer testimony in her or his own defense; it confirmed what generations of enslaved African-Americans knew too well: They existed as property, not persons, in the eyes of the law.
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Civil Rights Activists & War Evaders sought refuge in churches.
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Central American refugees enter U.S.
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Congress in 1990, temporary protected status (TPS) provides legal status to migrants from countries that have suffered natural disasters, protracted unrest, or conflict.
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