Freedom Train

Harriet Tubman, born Araminta Harriet Ross,  held many titles:  slave, wife, mother, abolitionist, conductor in the Underground Railroad, and spy during the American Civil War.  After the war she fought along-side Susan B. Anthony for women’s suffrage.  Her courage and resolve were unquenchable.

I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can’t say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.
Harriet Tubman (1820 – March 10, 1913)

Published by Rebecca Budd

Blogger, Visual Storyteller, Podcaster, Traveler and Life-long Learner

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    1. She was indeed brave! When Harriet Tubman was young she sustained a blow from a heavy metal weight which caused disabling seizures, narcoleptic attacks, and headaches. She forged on…

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