10-11-2025 12:40 via article.wn.com

We explored the 'uncomfortable' and inspirational truths about the Underground Railroad

CHURCH CREEK, Maryland ‒ Arnold Montgomery looks to the future by looking back through Harriett Tubman's eyes. On a recent visit to the rural area where the Underground Railroad's most famous conductor was born enslaved in 1822, Montgomery, 71, can't help but be moved by her tenacity. Her resilience. Her refusal to quit. And he worries that the current political climate means historians and everyday Americans are being encouraged to downplay the reason she's famous: She helped dozens of en
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