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HARRIET: What's a conductor? WILLIAM: A conductor accompanies slaves or passengers to safe houses or stations run by stationmasters. HARRIET:
¶ Go down, Moses ¶ ¶ Way down in Egypt land... ¶ WILLIAM: The bravest conductors steal slaves directly from the plantation, right under the overseer's nose. ¶ Let my people go. ¶ They have the hardest jobs. ("Sinnerman"
by Nina Simone playing)
¶ Go down, Moses ¶ ¶ Way down in Egypt land... ¶ WILLIAM: The bravest conductors steal slaves directly from the plantation, right under the overseer's nose. ¶ Let my people go. ¶ They have the hardest jobs. ("Sinnerman"
by Nina Simone playing)
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HARRIET:
What's a conductor?
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WILLIAM:
A conductor accompanies slaves
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or passengers
to safe houses or stations
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run by stationmasters.
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HARRIET:
¶ Go down, Moses ¶
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¶ Way down in Egypt land... ¶
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WILLIAM: The bravest conductors
steal slaves
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directly from the plantation,
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right under
the overseer's nose.
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¶ Let my people go. ¶
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They have the hardest jobs.
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("Sinnerman"
by Nina Simone playing)
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Movie Summary
The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
