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To some, she was ‘Moses.’ Others knew her by the nickname Minty. Nearly all of us know her from grade school textbooks. But to many Americans, Harriet Tubman's life remains a mystery. The Underground Railroad Conductor returned to her birthplace on the Eastern Shore of Maryland 13 times to lead about 70 slaves north to freedom. And according to Tubman herself, “never lost a passenger.”
Andrew Hiller is a led a little ways down the track.
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To some, she was ‘Moses.’ Others knew her by the nickname Minty. Nearly all of us know her from grade school textbooks. But to many Americans, Harriet Tubman's life remains a mystery. The Underground Railroad Conductor returned to her birthplace on the Eastern Shore of Maryland 13 times to lead about 70 slaves north to freedom. And according to Tubman herself, “never lost a passenger.”
Andrew Hiller is a led a little ways down the track.
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INTRO:To some, she was ‘Moses.’ Others knew her by the nickname Minty. Nearly all of us know her from grade school textbooks. But to many Americans, Harriet Tubman's life remains a mystery. The Underground Railroad Conductor returned to her birthplace on the Eastern Shore of Maryland 13 times to lead about 70 slaves north to freedom. And according to Tubman herself, “never lost a passenger.”
Andrew Hiller is a led a little ways down the track.
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