Nisei (二世)
In Japanese, 1 = ichi (一), 2 = ni (二), 3 = san (三)
and so forth
The second generation Japanese Americans are considered "Nisei" because it literally means "second generation" in Japanese.
"took" i think or "commandeered"
It means that throughout history one main perspective or viewpoint has been shown off or presented as fact while others have been ignored. The Caucasian perspective. However this quote is also an opinion and should NOT be taken as fact.
I think belfast but not completely sure.
Harriet Tubman is by far the most notable person to operate it but also had many notable participants, including John Fairfield in Ohio, the son of a slaveholding family, who made many daring rescues, Levi Coffin, a Quaker who assisted more than 3,000 slaves, and Harriet Tubman, who made 19 trips into the South and escorted over 300 slaves to freedom. People where known as conducters and lead people to safe houses, and "station" where "station Masters" looked after them