Professor Newby-Alexander wants to use the game to teach people about the Underground Railroad and put to rest many misconceptions about its operation.
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She notes that the Underground Railroad was much more than a series of country hideaways where escaped slaves stopped on their way north. Many slaves escaped from the South on boats that traveled on rivers and the Atlantic Ocean.
Her new game, financed by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, will require players to make some tough decisions on which route to take, who to bribe, and who to trust. The game can end with a successful escape, recapture and a return to slavery, imprisonment, or death.
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Now this sounds like a great endeavor that we should all support.
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