Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman On the Search for James Kim

DeeDee Smith — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:30:50 +0000

James Kim, a husband, father and Editor for CNET has been missing for over 10 days. Kim, his wife and two children were traveling from their home in California to the Pacific Northwest for the Thanksgiving holidays when it appears that they became lost/stranded in a rural area of Oregon. Kim’s wife along with his two daughters were rescued on Monday, but Kim who had left on foot to seek help, was no where to be found. A search crew is still diligently searching for him.

Mr. Kim, we are praying that you are found very soon, and that you are found well and alive. We pray for a miracle such as that which Harriet Tubman once experienced during one of her escape trips.

“For,” said she, “Missus, de water never came above my chin; when we thought surely we were all going under, it became shallower and shallower, and we came out safe on the odder side.” Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman On Groom Shot and Killed By Police Just Hours Before Wedding

DeeDee Smith — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:43:40 +0000

“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

Harriet Tubman on the Celebration of “Thanksgiving Day”

DeeDee Smith — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:37:11 +0000

“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

Harriet Tubman On - the “100 Most Influential Americans of All Time”

DeeDee Smith — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:15:31 +0000

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 blacks (colored/African-American) didn’t care too much for or even trust President Lincoln. She would often visit Mrs. Lincoln but didn’t want to see or talk with President Lincoln. (” I used to go see Mrs. Lincoln but I never wanted to see him.” Harriet Tubman)

It is also clear in historical records that Ms. Tubman never credited Lincoln for freeing the slaves, instead she stated that John Brown was the emancipator of her people.

Thus, I conclude that Ms. Tubman might oppose the selection of President Lincoln as the most influential American of all time.

Harriet Tubman On the Release of the Play Station 3

DeeDee Smith — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 19:41:44 +0000

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 if nothing else, she would applaud the determination of gamers and e-bay entrepreneurs alike. Once she was determined to sit and wait for $20 that she believed would be given to her because she had received a word from the Lord saying that she would.

When questioned about her waiting and determination she responded, “Anyhow I’m gwine to sit here till I get it.”

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Harriet Tubman On Democrats & The Withdrawal of U.S. Troops From Iraq

DeeDee Smith — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:58:28 +0000

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 pressing the Bush administration for a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.

It is clear that the Democratic party has the same concerns about the leadership of Bush as Harriet Tubman had about Lincoln and the Civil War. “Master Lincoln, he’s a great man, and I’m a poor Negro but this Negro can tell Master Lincoln how to save money and young men.”

Harriet Tubman On - King Memorial Ground Breaking Begins on National Mall

DeeDee Smith — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:01:20 +0000

“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

Harriet Tubman On the Life of Ed Bradley

DeeDee Smith — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:47:39 +0000

“They were all white folks there but me, and I was there like a blackberry in a pail of milk,” Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman On “Election Day”

DeeDee Smith — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 18:57:18 +0000

Someone once asked Ms. Tubman if she believed women should vote. Her response was, “I suffered enough to believe it.”

Harriet Tubman on the Conviction of Saddam Hussein

DeeDee Smith — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:21:56 +0000

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 that she continuously prayed seeking the Lord’s forgiveness for her prayer. As she stated, once he was dead, she could no longer pray for him.

“Then I changed my prayer, and I said, ‘Lord, if you ain’t never going to change dat man’s heart, kill him, Lord, and take him out of de way, so he won’t do no more mischief.’ Next ting I heard ole master was dead; and he died just as he had lived, a wicked, bad man. Oh, den it ‘peared like I would give de world full of silver and gold, if I had it, to bring dat pore soul back, I would give myself; I would give eberyting ! But he was gone, I couldn’t pray for him no more.” Harriet Tubman