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  2. Harriet Tubman - Wikipedia

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    Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c. March 1822 [1] – March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and social activist. [2] [3] After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, [4] using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad.

  3. Tilly Escape - Wikipedia

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    Historians who have studied Tubman consider it "one of her most complicated and clever escape attempts." [1] It was a risky trip because Tubman and Tilly would not have been able to travel directly from Baltimore to Philadelphia without proof that they were free women. [2] In addition, local slave traders would have recognized strangers. [3]

  4. Ain't I a Woman? - Wikipedia

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    The phrase "Am I not a man and a brother?" had been used by British abolitionists since the late 18th century to decry the inhumanity of slavery. [3] This male motto was first turned female in the 1820s by British abolitionists, [4] then in 1830 the American abolitionist newspaper Genius of Universal Emancipation carried an image of a slave woman asking "Am I not a woman and a sister?"

  5. Do you want to be free? Harriet Tubman and the making ... - AOL

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    As we reflect on both Harriet Tubman Day (March 10) and National Equal Pay Day (March 12) amid our ongoing celebration of Women’s History Month, Tubman’s life and words remind us of the ...

  6. These Quotes From Notable Black People Throughout History ...

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    These quotes by notable Black people—from celebrated authors to award-winning actors to renowned public figures—reflect their determination, achievements, wisdom, and the mantras they used or ...

  7. Harriet Tubman's quest for liberty or death through Delaware

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    Harriet Tubman made over 10 trips to guide her relatives and others to freedom.

  8. Songs of the Underground Railroad - Wikipedia

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    There is evidence, however, that the Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman used at least two songs. Sarah Bradford's biography of Tubman, Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman, published in 1869, quotes Tubman as saying that she used "Go Down Moses" as one of two code songs to communicate with fugitive enslaved people escaping from Maryland.

  9. A Woman Called Moses - Wikipedia

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    A Woman Called Moses is a 1978 American television miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Marcy Heidish, about the life of Harriet Tubman, the escaped African American slave who led dozens of other African Americans from enslavement in the Southern United States to freedom in the Northern states and Canada.