I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say — I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.
About this quote
- Attributed to
- Harriet Tubman
- Source
- As quoted in Women's Words : The Columbia Book of Quotations by Women (1996) by Mary Biggs, p. 2
- Culture / tradition
- African American
- Attribution status
- ✓ Verified source
- Verification
- Primary reference
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