tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733508189924773862.post422193662689428007..comments2024-03-28T02:02:22.629-04:00Comments on Random Thoughts on History: Black Conductors on the Underground RailroadTim Talbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02184297245966915181noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733508189924773862.post-73148654710395022732015-02-09T10:47:48.227-05:002015-02-09T10:47:48.227-05:00Tim, I believe you are absolutely correct. The co...Tim, I believe you are absolutely correct. The conductors were the ones who risked their lives and skin the most, and there had to have been many more of them than the people who provided housing. Besides the fact that we tend to think of the Civil War as being won by whites--ignoring the risks and the roles of black soldiers who turned the tide in the end--white historians have tended to hold Tubman up as an exception. Quaker indeed did much to encourage emancipation from John Woolman on, but I suspect most of them would have been horrified to know how much they were held up as examples while other heroes and heroines have been neglected. <br /><br />Dee Ann Miller,<br />author of Just Following Orders: Escape from Guerrilla Warfare in 1863Author Dee Ann Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04725963349861033555noreply@blogger.com