... "Greatest Conductor- of "The Trackless Train-(U.s. News) and perhaps one of the best known and African-Americans during the Civil War. 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 ... devastating effects on Harriet's life in the future. She developed a sleeping sickness, which cause her to fall asleep involuntarily, sometimes causing her to fall asleep as soon as she sat dow...

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... conductors of the Underground Railroad included James Fairfield (a white abolitionist who went into the Deep South and freed slaves by posing as a slave trader), Harriet Tubman (who became known as "Moses" in 1849 when she made nineteen trips to the South and helped free at least 300 slaves), and African American abolitionist John Parker of Ripley, Ohio (who ventured to Kentucky ... , and trenches. Underground operations often relied on secret codes to alert "passengers" when travel was safe. Some spiritual songs such as "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," "Steal Away to Jesus," and "Go Down Mos...

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... of all the black slaves were force to do things that went against their Christian values. The slaves also had many spiritual songs which gave them courage and strength to go through their trials. The songs and sermons mainly spoke to the people in bondage. The people in bondage were the main ones singing the spiritual songs. These spiritual songs played ... the spirituals songs come alive. The slaves often improvised to get feeling and bring out emotions. Songs such as "Nobody Knows the Trouble I See, Lord", "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and "Go Down, Moses." These songs were pulled from t...

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