Chapter 9

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61  Emancipation City No reference found, but from the context of the story it seems that “Emancipation City” is a reference to Washington D.C. because that is the place that the Emancipation proclamation was signed. Also, before the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, if a slave would be able to get to D.C. and not be captured, they would have an easier and shorter way toward their freedom up north.
62  How do you lease a human? Leasing convicts was a quite popular movement in the Deep South. Leasing involved local police stations would send in to work on fields and plantations for very
little pay.https://www.hamptoninstitution.org/convictleasesystem.html#.WfC2rjO-Ki4
62  Humanitarian Impulses A term to describe a impulse to help the common people.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humanitarian

64  Nebraskaites A term to describe people from Nebraska.