Share |  Harriet Tubman was born a slave, but when she was 25
she made her perilous escape from a Maryland plantation, leaving
her family behind. Pursued by dogs and relentless slave
catchers, she followed an escape route laid out by Quakers --
secret hiding places in churches, barns, cellars and homes.  The
escape route that Harriet followed soon became known as the
Underground Railroad, and she quickly became one of its most
celebrated 'conductors.' Up creek beds, through swamps, over
hills in the dark of night, on 19 secret trips Harriet Tubman
guided more than 300 slaves, including her aged parents, to
freedom. "I never run my train off the track," she said, "and I
never lost a passenger."  Freedom Train tells the thrilling
story of Harriet Tubman, the Moses of her people, in a
fascinating series of highly theatrical scenes that use dance,
dialogue, and music of the period. Songs include "Follow the
Drinking Gourd," "Steal Away," "Wade in the Water," "Good News,
the Chariot's A-comin'," and many others st