Who is the most famous railroad conductor?

The most famous conductor, Harriet Tubman, was a former slave who risked her freedom by returning to the South hundreds of times to lead slaves safely northward. You can read about Harriet Tubman when she was a little girl who dreamed of freedom in Minty written by Alan Schroeder.



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