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Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad and God’s Navigation System

June 9, 2018 By Tara Johnson 2 Comments

In my debut novel Engraved on the Heart, Keziah Montgomery fights against her family, her culture and her own battle with epilepsy to lead slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad. Like many, I had learned about the Underground Railroad in school but was unaware of the delicate and highly intrinsic system of unspoken communication the Railroad utilized. Messages had to be screamed in silence, urgency carried through the façade of the mundane. How were these brave men and women scattered across multiple states able Read More

Filed Under: Walking with God, Writing Fiction Tagged With: conductor, Engraved on the Heart, facts about the Underground Railroad, God's navigation system, God's speaks, gps, hearing God, led by God, silent communication, The Civil War, Underground Railroad

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Tara JohnsonTara Johnson is a writer, singer, speaker and passionate lover of stories. Tara uses fiction, nonfiction, song and laughter to share her testimony of how God led her into freedom after spending years living shackled to the expectations of others. She lives in central Arkansas with her husband and children.

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