“We saw the lightning and that was the guns and then we heard the thunder and that was the big guns; and then we heard the rain falling and that was the blood falling; and when we came to get in the crops, it was dead men that we reaped.” Harriet Tubman
“I looked at my hands, to see if I was de same person now I was free. Dere was such a glory ober eberything, de sun came like gold trou de trees, and ober de fields, and I felt like I was in heaven.” Harriet Tubman
Atlantic Monthly magazine just released an issue honoring the “100 Most Influential Americans of All Time”. Not surprisingly, Abraham Lincoln made the cover and was noted as being the number one most influential American of all time. What would Harriet Tubman have to say about this?
Ms. Tubman openly stated that she and most [...]
It was a mad rush - a shopping frenzy! People stood in line for hours enduring all kinds of weather in hopes of purchasing the - Play Station 3. You have to wonder what historical figures like Harriet Tubman would think of such madness over technology?
Well, Harriet Tubman was a determined woman and [...]
After heated debates and ugly public relations schemes/tactics, most Americans are happy to say that the election is finally over! WIth the success of the Democratic party, most politicians are now focusing upon an answer to and end to the war in Iraq. Keeping with their political platform, many democrats are now [...]
“I had seen their tears and sighs, and I heard their groans, and I would give every drop of blood in my veins to free them.” Harriet Tubman
“They were all white folks there but me, and I was there like a blackberry in a pail of milk,” Harriet Tubman
Someone once asked Ms. Tubman if she believed women should vote. Her response was, “I suffered enough to believe it.”
Although most people celebrate the conviction of Saddam Hussein, there are mixed feelings/opinions about him receiving the death penalty. Harriet Tubman at one point became so frustrated and dismayed with her “master” that she asked the Lord to change him or kill him. Soon after that prayer, he was dead. Ms. Tubman was so distraught [...]
” ‘Pears like, I prayed all de time,” she said, “about my work, eberywhere; I was always talking to deLord. When I went to the horse-trough to wash my face, and took up de water in my hands, I said, ‘Oh, Lord, wash me, make me clean.’ When I took up de towel [...]