"I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves." —Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was an escaped enslaved woman who became a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, leading enslaved people to freedom before the Civil War, all while carrying a bounty on her head. But she was also a nurse, a Union spy and a women’s suffrage supporter. Tubman is one of the most recognized icons in American history and her legacy has inspired countless people from every race and background.
ALSO SEE - 4 MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES IN AFRICA
Harriet’s desire for justice became apparent at age 12 when she spotted an overseer about to throw a heavy weight at a fugitive. Harriet stepped between the enslaved person and the overseer—the weight struck her head.
She later said about the incident, “The weight broke my skull … They carried me to the house all bleeding and fainting. I had no bed, no place to lie down on at all, and they laid me on the seat of the loom, and I stayed there all day and the next.”
On this day in 1913, Harriet Tubman died. She sustained a head injury at the hands of a slave owner when she was young and that injury resulted in some life-long health problems.
Harriet Tubman also had a disability, narcolepsy.
1887 photograph of Harriet Tubman, her husband Nelson Davis and adopted daughter Gertie.
Harriet married her second husband Nelson Davis in 1869 and adopted their daughter, Gertie. Her husband had served as a private in the 8th United States Colored Infantry Regiment from..
2 September 1863 to November 1865. Nelson died on October 14, 1888 of tuberculosis.
ALSO SEE- How To Identify A Mature Man To An Immature Man
She and her first husband, John Tubman, were separated after she escaped to freedom, and by the time she returned, he had remarried.
Comments
Post a Comment