Originally Posted by Guest

Some people only see and hear what they want to. You and many others are blinded by the color of a person skin and refuse to see the person inside and the great works they did.

1. Harriet Tubman was known as the Moses of her people. ‘Go Down Moses' is a song she used to communicate her coming and going.

2. After the outbreak of the Civil War, Harriet Tubman became a soldier, spy and a nurse.

3.Harriet was successful as a nurse due to her ability to cure men of dysentery by means of native herbs.

4.She was the first woman to lead an armed expedition in the war. She guided the Combahee River Raid, consisting of 300 free African soldiers on 3 gun boats to liberate more than 700 enslaved Africans in South Carolina.

5.In her later years, Tubman worked to promote the cause of women's suffrage. Tubman travelled to New York, Boston, and Washington, D.C. to speak out in favour of women's voting rights. When the National Federation of Afro-American Women was founded in 1896, Tubman was the keynote speaker at its first meeting.

6. Harriet Tubman spent her last years in a home called the ‘Harriet Tubman Home for Aged and Indigent Negro' which she established in Auburn New York.

7. After her death, Harriet Tubman was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn with military honors.

Harriet Tubman devoted her life towards the abolition of slavery. She is an inspiration to many for her relentless struggle for equality and civil rights. She is one of the most notable figures in the history.

I am again proud to say I am from the city she called home.
And I am very pleased I do not share the hateful and bigoted ideas of some the postings about this matter.