Andre Edwards March 13, 2002 English II-7 The Most Famous Conductor of the Trackless Train Harriet Tubman the most active "Greatest Conductor- of "The Trackless Train-(U.s. ... Many African Americans knew her as "Moses of her people-(voices of triumph); "Moses being the biblical figure who led Jews from Egypt-(world book encyclopedia vol 19) helped about 300 enslaved African (the new encyclopedia Britannica) travel north reaching and crossing over Mason-Dixon Line, the line that divided the free from the slave states (us News). ... When she reached Pennsylvania she recalled, "I looked at ...

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In Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia, he voices his opinions on slavery. ... Upon reaching her freedom, she becomes an active abolitionist. ... He voices his anti-slavery opinions, but he does not seem to take any actions in an attempt to rid our country of it. ...

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The enforced institution of illiteracy did the double service of robbing the victim of his voice and of his access to alternative ideas regarding his condition. ... When Douglass began to pursue his education in secret, he took active control over his life. ... Instead, he wrote with a powerful, matter-of-fact voice about the threats of bloody beatings, starvation, and murder that slaves faced every day. ...

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The slaves headed to Sparta which had an active abolitionist community during the 1850s and 1860. ... The author claims through this type of litigation the black community was able to voice their position on escaped slave laws. ...

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