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Here is a list of the most notable people:

  • Dr. Anderson Ruffin Abbott
  • Henry "Box" Brown
  • Levi Coffin
  • Frederick Douglass
  • Calvin Fairbank
  • Thomas Garrett
  • William Lloyd Garrison
  • Samuel Green
  • Josiah Bushnell Grinnell
  • Josiah Henson
  • James Butler ("Wild Bill") Hickok
  • Isaac Hopper
  • Roger Hooker Leavitt
  • Samuel J. May
  • John Parker
  • John Wesley Posey
  • John Rankin
  • Alexander Milton Ross
  • David Ruggles
  • Samuel Seawell
  • William Still
  • Sojourner Truth
  • Harriet Tubman
  • Charles Augustus Wheaton
But I first think of William Still (known as the "Father of the Underground Railroad") and Harriet Tubman.
Harriet Tubman
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A person who helped slaves escape?

Harriet Tubman-she's known for being one of the key figures of the underground railroad


What was a conductor in the underground railroad?

A conductor in the Underground Railroad was a person who helped enslaved individuals escape to freedom in the northern states or Canada. They provided shelter, food, guidance, and transportation along secret routes to ensure the safety of the escaping slaves. Conductors played a crucial role in the success of the Underground Railroad network.


Who was Hariett Tubman and what did she do?

Hariet Tubman was a black person who helped to stop black slavery in the US. She helped many slaves escape slavery by helping out with the "Underground Railroad"


Who is the Underground Railroad?

The Underground Railroad was not a person or a railroad, it was a network of secret routes that allowed slaves to escape to free states in the mid 1800s, created by Harriet Tubman.


One famous person who helped people on the underground railroad was?

harriet Tubman


What did Harriet want to be when she grew up?

I think she wanted to be a person who helped people get out of slavery. That is probably why she built the underground railroad.


What did Harriet Tubman want to be when she grew up?

I think she wanted to be a person who helped people get out of slavery. That is probably why she built the underground railroad.


What did harriet Tubman want to be when grew up?

I think she wanted to be a person who helped people get out of slavery. That is probably why she built the underground railroad.


How did Harriet Tubman play a major role in the freeing of the slaves?

Major roles were played by a few million men firing .68 caliber muskets (and 12 pound cannon balls) at one another until about 700k were dead and one side had to surrender. Lesser roles were played by those who sent them into battle and figures who had a nominal peaceful role in the years leading up to the confluence of ideals.


How was the underground railroad started?

It got started by an African American woman who felt that even though she had escaped, that other African Americans should escape. Lots of people that were "whites" helped with this process by opening their houses to hide African Americans, which could be very dangerous to the person who owned the house.


Conductor on the underground railroad?

The person who could be considered the conductor of the Underground Railroad would be Harriet Tubman. Tubman led about 70 slaves to freedom through a network of safe houses that was nicknamed, the "Underground Railroad."


Who was the first person to lead the underground railroad?

Harriet Tubman