Underground Railroad

In order to avoid detection, Harriet Tubman and others used a variety of codes and signals to communicate along the route to freedom.

Harriet Tubman The “Underground Railroad” Slaves on the run LEGENDS By Yussuf J. Simmonds HARRIET TUBMAN “Called the Black Moses, she moved slaves through the Underground Railroad” I’ll meet you in the morning Safe in the Promised Land On the other side of Jordan Bound for the Promised Land. Those words are a part of the Spiritual Code Harriet Tubman sung that were heard by waiting ears hidden in the slave quarters or standing deep in the woods signaling “Moses is here.” Though small in…

The Underground Railroad

Walking today through the tiny neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights, from the Manhattan views offered by the Promenade, past the rows of historic brownstones and...

The Underground Railroad was neither a railroad, nor was it underground. The term is symbolic only.

Photo: media.rochester.k1.mi.us THE SAVVY SHOPPER is doing something very different today in honor of Black History month, which begins on February 1st. African Americans have contributed much to our culture: language, food and the arts. Obviously, we would not be the same country without them. Black history is American history. In high school I wrote a poem in the form of a children's picture book about the travel to freedom Aboard The Underground Railroad. (Hopefully, I won't embarrass…

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