When I was in second grade, I learned about the Underground Railroad. I knew that "underground" meant secret, but the phrase still conjured up images of black women holding up lanterns, leading escaped slaves through these dirt tunnels under the ground. (That was probably because all the pictures I had seen of Harriet Tubman showed her leading people through the dark with a lantern.) Even today, I have trouble shaking the association from my mind...
A childhood belief about history
others believed things like this
- Until I was in High School, I really thought that the "underground railroad" was under the ground.— S
- I thought the underground railroad was actually a subway.— Greg
- I used to believe that fax machines worked by sending papers down underground tunnels. Anon
- I used to believe, driving in front of all the other cars on the highway, Knight Rider was leading the pack.— Michael Kolassa
- I used to believe that Automatic Toll Boths had underground room where people counted your money.— Dillon
- i used to think that the world used to be black and white, cos that's what grandma's pictures showed me...— bgumm