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    Camino a la libertad


    La historia está hecha de incontables historias, que a veces nunca son contadas. La comunicación oral, escrita, corporal, simbólica, etc. Nos permite transmitir entre nosotros los eventos, sucesos y acontecimientos del pasado cercano o distante, y sentir, así, un poquito de lo que personas, como tú y como yo, sintieron, vivieron, crearon o sufrieron…

    En ese transmitir y comunicar, nos llegó, gracias a nuestra amiga, alumna de Spanish in Cabo y miembro de SpanishUp2U Kathleen Eggli, una historia muy interesante que trata sobre una ruta secreta que usaban los esclavos del sur de los Estados Unidos para escapar hacia México, donde al poner un pie, serían libres.

    Miles de personas afrodescendientes escapaban de la inhumana esclavitud a la que eran sometidos. Algunos escapaban hacia el norte; para otros era mejor buscar la libertad más al sur. Allí, en el sur de Texas, a lo largo del Rio Bravo (Río Grande), las personas buscaban cruzar hacía México. Incluso, llegó a existir un tren subterráneo (¡!) utilizado para alcanzar el otro lado de la frontera.

     

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    Trail To Freedom


    History is made up of countless stories, which are sometimes never told. Oral, written, corporal, symbolic communication, etc. It allows us to transmit among ourselves the events, occurrences and happenings of the near or distant past, and thus feel a little of what people, like you and me, felt, lived, created or suffered... In that transmission and communication, we received, thanks to our friend, Spanish in Cabo student and member of SpanishUp2U Kathleen Eggli, a very interesting story about a secret route used by slaves in the southern United States to escape to Mexico, where they would be free when they set foot.

    Thousands of people of African descent escaped from the inhumane slavery they were subjected to. Some escaped to the north; for others it was better to seek freedom further south. There, in south Texas, along the Rio Grande, people were looking to cross over into Mexico. There was even a subway train (!) used to reach the other side of the border.

     

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