harriet tubman
A mystic railroad without tracks wound its way across America over one hundred and fifty years ago. The railroad, nicknamed the Underground Railroad, was a misnomer because it was neither underground nor a railroad. The name was a secret codeword invented for the escape route used by southern slaves in the pre-Civil War days. The slaves were aided by thousands of "conductors" who used covered wagons or carts with false bottoms to carry slaves from one "station" to another. With the help of 3,000 conductors over 100,000 slaves escaped to freedom. Escaping slaves were called "passengers" or "merchandise" on their journey to freedom. One enterprising slave really did qualify for the nickname of merchandise. Henry "Box" Brown had himself nailedin a wooden box and mailed from Richmond to Philadelphia on a real train. He mailed himself to a well-known "brakeman," William Still, the author of a book entitled "Underground Railroad." Despite a hard trip (for part of the journey Brown's box was set upside down which made for less than ideal traveling comfort!), when Still opened the box, out popped Henry Brown. Among the more famous conductors were: Salmon P. Chase, who as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court would later preside over Andrew
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