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Dead Companions

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

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Helen Keller and Mark Twain

Mark Twain was a friend of helen keller's. He said she would hold her fingers to twain's lips as he told stories. Next in the car is one of the country's most famous abolitionists, speakers and writers - Frederick douglas. Douglas famously escaped from enslavement in his early twenties by boarding a train dressed as a sailor. The pair have similar passion for reforming the ills of the country.

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