The training, career paths and requirements for a military medical assistant differ from branch to branch of the U.S. Military, but they all do have some requirements in common, such as patience, a scientific mind and empathy.
Harriet Tubman, perhaps the most well-known conductor of the Underground Railroad, helped hundreds of runaway slaves escape to freedom. She never lost one of them along the way. As a fugitive slave herself, she was helped along the Underground Railroad by another famous conductorâ¦William Still.
In the North, black ministers and members of the African American community joined white abolitionists in organizing the Underground Railroad, an informal network that helped persons escaping bondage to make their way to freedom.