[ Freedom’s ]
Guide
Harriet Tubman circa 1885
Horatio Seymour Squyer (National Portrait Gallery)
I was the conductor of The Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can’t say …
I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.”
Freedom’s Guide
“Harriet Tubman” by Vivian Filer
Gainesville, Florida
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John Legend Produced a short-lived (TNT) television series (2015) that followed a group of runaway slaves on their death-defying ride on Harriet Tubman’s UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
Running For Their Lives
By Sarah Bradford
Maryland Historical Society 2015
Edited Debra Michals PhD
Known as the “Moses of her people,” Harriet Tubman was enslaved, escaped, and helped others gain their freedom as a “conductor” of the Underground Railroad. Tubman also served as a scout, spy, guerrilla soldier, and nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War.
Harriet was the first African American woman to serve in the military.
Freedom
By LANGSTON HUGHES
Contrary to legend, Tubman did not create the Underground Railroad; it was established by black and white abolitionists in the late 18th Century.
