HarrietTubman.Sign

Published at 908 × 1349 in Morning Prayer 20.7.15, Elizabeth C. Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, Sojourner Truth & Harriet Tubman, Liberators & Prophets

Born a slave in 1820, she escaped to Canada at age 24, but returned to the United States to lead more than 300 people to freedom. In the Civil War, she led 300 Black soldiers on a raid which freed 750 slaves – the first woman ever to lead American men into battle.

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