Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubmanwas an American abolitionist, humanitarian, and an armed scout and spy for the United States Army during the American Civil War. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some thirteen missions to rescue approximately seventy enslaved families and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. She later helped abolitionist John Brown recruit men for his raid on Harpers Ferry, and in the post-war era was an active participant in the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth29 January 1820
CityDorchester County, MD
CountryUnited States of America
We saw the lightning and that was the guns and then we heard the thunder and that was the big guns; and then we heard the rain falling and that was the blood falling; and when we came to get in the crops, it was dead men that we reaped.
Pears like I prayed all the time, 'bout my work, everywhere, I prayed an' groaned to the Lord.
I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
I link dar's many a slaveholder'll git to Heaven. Dey don't know no better. Dey acts up to de light dey hab.
I started with this idea in my head, "There's two things I've got a right to, death or liberty."
Quoting Stokely Carmichael (1941-1998) US civil rights leader We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.
Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as best I can, so as to lighten the burden on the Government as much as possible, while at the same time they learn to respect themselves by earning their own living.
The Lord who told me to take care of my people meant me to do it just as long as I live, and so I did what he told me.
I am at peace with God and all mankind.