Underground railroad Quotes

I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.

— Harriet Tubman

“An Underground Railroad story with a distinctive flavor. –Booklist”

— Sharon Lovejoy

“Every great day has a story and a song!”

— Faith Reese Martin

“The train’s doors closed with a matron’s shush.”

— Kevin Ansbro

The only free road, the Underground Railroad, is owned and managed by the Vigilant Committee. They have tunneled under the whole breadth…

— Henry David Thoreau

The Underground Railroad was a spy network for the North and that story has never been told.

— Misha Green

“Readers will be swept up by the drama and fast pace of this powerful debut novel.” Reading Today Online, International Reading Association”

— Sharon Lovejoy

I just finished Colson Whitehead's "The Underground Railroad," which I think is a work of genius.

— Alice Hoffman

“But the Nazi occupation of Italy and the Catholic underground railroad, which was formed to save the Italian Jews, have received scant…

— Mark T. Sullivan

Despite strong performances, Barry Jenkin's 'The Underground Railroad' is plodding and rudderless.

— Jason Johnson

The story of the Underground Railroad is the story of American heroes, and who doesn't want to hear a story about American…

— Misha Green

Harriet Tubman fought American slavery single handed and was a pioneer in that organized effort known as the Underground Railroad.

— W. E. B. Du Bois

The Underground Railroad was the first integrated civil rights movement. And it's a great example of when we work together, what we…

— Misha Green

In America, when you hear about the Underground Railroad, it's so evocative. You think it's a literal subway for a few minutes…

— Colson Whitehead

I had crossed de line of which I had so long been dreaming. I was free; but dere was no one to…

— Harriet Tubman

The Underground Railroad, which was the first integrated civil rights movement, is a part of our history that not a lot of…

— Jurnee Smollett-Bell

I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say; I never…

— Harriet Tubman

“Dear Artie: “The young fellow has disappeared into a dead end. I think the long-necked bastard planned to wind up in Paris…

— John Pearce

During the Civil War, the Underground Railroad became a spy network, so we could still have fresh stories for these characters years…

— Misha Green

The American 'slave genre' of films has picked up some good and bad cliches over the years and, unfortunately, 'The Underground Railroad'…

— Jason Johnson

Fortunately, I come from an activist mother, so I didn't have to rely on the history books. The history books teach us…

— Jurnee Smollett

“I've decided this is all your fault, Ms. Leone. I've run away before, you know, but stowed away or jumped trains or…

— Wendelin Van Draanen

“There is no possible way for the average human mind to grasp it; the totality of the evil. It involves everyone; it…

— Austin Dragon

I know in the spy movies it always looks really cool when the operative goes from a maid's uniform to a slinky,…

— Ally Carter

A lot of people, when they first hear about the Underground Railroad, think it really is a subway or a locomotive. When…

— Colson Whitehead

For me, seeing our history told in this light, the ones who did rebel, the ones who did revolt, the revolutionaries, excited…

— Jurnee Smollett

It's so Canada. On some level, you laugh, but on another level, it's just depressing. We pride ourselves: We're not like the…

— Constance Backhouse

Stories about enslaved Africans can be depressing, exciting, educational and, yes, even entertaining depending on your taste. However, they should never be…

— Jason Johnson

“Some people cannot afford to believe that this country isn’t that bad, that as Hillary Clinton said, “America is great because America…

— Yaa Gyasi

“I am enormously proud to be an American. I would say that the things that our corporate-controlled government has done at best…

— Tom Morello

I love the word "faggot," because it describes my kind of guy. You see, I am a fag hag. Fag hags are…

— Margaret Cho

“That name was a sadistic play on the Underground Railroad that smuggled American slaves north. The old Nazis set up their own…

— John Pearce

The story of the Underground Railroad is a thriller. These are people who are basically in a heist movie, and it's the…

— Misha Green

As a white, female, half-Jewish writer, when I read 'The Underground Railroad,' it reminded me that America isn't just the sort of…

— Jenna Blum

'Zone One' has one kind of an apocalypse, and 'The Underground Railroad' another. In both cases, the narrators are animated by a…

— Colson Whitehead

Before the Civil War, Canada was at the top of the underground railroad. If you made it into Canada, you were safe…

— Margaret Atwood

When I was reading 'The Underground Railroad,' I had to actually hold my hand over the right-hand page so I wouldn't see,…

— Jenna Blum

Thank God for Canada! In the context of this narrative [in Underground] and beyond, Canada was certainly an additional option for the…

— Aisha Hinds

I was like, 'Oh, let's do a show about the Underground Railroad.' I never come up with great titles, and I thought,…

— Misha Green

Without question, 'The Underground Railroad' is beautifully filmed, and for the most part well acted. The show also manages to do something…

— Jason Johnson