This month as people should know is Black History Month, Im here to acknowledge Harriet Tubman.
She was born in the year 1820 and died in March 1913. She led more than 300 fugitive slaves to freedom. Tubman usually traveled on a Saturday night, since runaway notices wouldn't be published in the newspapers until Monday morning. She also used a sleeping medication to quiet fussy babies.Tubman carried a gun for protection but, if needed, she would flash the gun before an escaping slave who might have thoughts of turning back.Tubman provided funds, and recruited personnel, for John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. His attack failed, and Brown was captured, tried and hanged for treason.During the Civil War, Tubman served the Union Army as a washerwoman, a cook and a spy. Her superb knowledge of the country roads and wilderness in the South allowed her to slip behind enemy lines and spy on Confederate troop movements. After the Civil War, Tubman became somewhat of a celebrity with the publishing of her 1869 biography, Scenes from the Life of Harriet Tubman. The book told of her life as a slave and her exploits on the Underground Railroad. During the 1870s and 1880s, Tubman worked to promote women's suffrage. She traveled from New England to Washington, D.C. speaking in favor of a woman's right to vote.
On March 10, surrounded by family and friends, Tubman dies of pneumonia. Her last words are "I go to prepare a place for you."
I think that black history month should really be a big deal,because there are a lot of black that shape the world we live in today. Visit here to learn more Black History People
One of Tubman quote:
"I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other."
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