“When I found I had crossed dat line (to freedom), I looked at my hands to see if I was de same pusson. There was such a glory ober ebery ting, de sun came like goid through the trees, and ober the fields, and I felt like I was in heaben.”
- Harriet TubmanHarriet Tubman was the leader of the 19th Century railroad, that was underground. She led the slaves to freedom. Her words spoke the light of day at the time.