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dubious assertion - "The imagery comes from the Underground Railroad"

First off, this reference seems completely unsupported by citation and introduces "Underground Railroad" as a relevant reference.

"All you need is faith to hear the diesels coming" -- ok, no diesels in Underground Railroad days. "Picking up passengers from coast to coast" -- doesn't say "South to North". And on and on. While there may be an interesting dissertation somewhere that the "Underground Railroad" spawned a special association for "Railroads" as vehicles of deliverance - please cite. It's a Gospel song. You don't thank Harriet Tubman, you thank the Lord.

My $0.02.

Odreamsgivenday (talk) 23:41, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Use of the term "character" to describe a demonstrably RL, non-fictional person is inaccurate (at least).

Viz., "with characters such as Harriet Tubman going back time and again to the South to show people the route of the railroad."

Peezy1001 (talk) 14:40, 3 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]