Harriet had to make sure that they didn't _too long in any one place.

Fill in the blank word: LINGER

Explanation:  "Linger" means to remain or stay for a longer amount of time.  Your statement is in regard to Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, which helped slaves escape to safety.  When helping slaves along the routes from one hiding place to another, Harriet had to make sure that they didn't linger too long in any one place.

The assignment you're working with, I presume, comes from Ann Petry's biography article:  Harriet Tubman: Conductor  on the Underground Railroad

Harriet Tubman was  an escaped slave. who had been held in slavery in Maryland.  She escaped to Philadelphia in 1849 ... but then went back to rescue her family and help them to freedom.  Then she helped extended family members, and eventually was helping many, many slaves to freedom on what became known as the "Underground Railroad" -- a secret network of routes from one safe house to another that aided slaves in their escape.

answer: the purpose of the "index of forbidden books" was to prevent the contamination of the faith or the corruption of morals of roman catholics according to canon law, through the reading of theologically mistaken or immoral books. the condemnation of published books, thus listed in the index librorum prohibitorum.

explanation: index librorum prohibitorum, (latin: “index of forbidden books”), list of books once forbidden by roman catholic church authority as dangerous to the faith or morals of roman catholics. publication of the list ceased in 1966, and it was relegated to the status of a historic document.

the 20th and final edition appeared in 1948, and the index was formally abolished on 14 june 1966 by pope paul vi. the aim of the list was to protect the faith and morals of the faithful by putting a stop to the reading of theologically, culturally, and politically disruptive books.