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Khalid Binalshibh,
Taxi Driver
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Peck also worked as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, going down to Medina to bring fugitive slaves to Oberlin.
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Chrissie Tanner,
Homemaker and Mom
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Encourage preschool and kindergarten children to learn about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad by acting out this skit by Marie D.
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Josh Hogan,
Commander
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Fugitive slaves were brought to the ship captains by local Underground Railroad conductors, Robbins Burrell, John Monteith and James Fairchild.
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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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The Underground Railroad, which helped runaway slaves travel to freedom in Canada, operated a "station" between Armonk and North White Plains.
The expression "underground railroad" may have originated in Pennsylvania, where numerous citizens aided the escape of slaves to freedom in Canada.
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Athena Mondale,
Spiritual Consultant
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The story of Harriet Tubman, heroine of the Underground Railroad, is a powerful and inspiring example of how we can "dream our dream" in entirely practical ways.
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Keith Tennant,
Factory Worker
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The most famous conductor along the Underground Railroad was Harriet Tubman, who had escaped from slavery in Maryland to Philadelphia in 1849.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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The underground railroad was a network of safe-houses in the pre-Civil War South; hiding places for escaped slaves fleeing hostile territory.
The Big Dipper was also a very important part of the Underground Railroad which helped slaves escape from the South before the Civil War.
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Jordan Jones,
Rapper
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But it is to make sure that the story of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad will always live in the minds and hearts of Americans.
Links to more about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad - Provides links to slave narratives, civil war, abolitionists, Tubman and the underground railroad.
Harriet Tubman, an African American, and a famous historical American, was a leader of the underground railroad which helped slaves escape to freedom?
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