Freedom Fighter: Harriet Tubman

“I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.”

“I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.”

- Harriet Tubman

Today we celebrate the life of a warrior, a revolutionary, the mother of liberation, Harriet Tubman. Mama Tubman passed on this day March 10th, 1913. Her Birthday, as with most slaves of the south, is unknown.

Mama Tubman is probably the most prominent abolitionist in American History. Her stance as a liberator, educator, and freedom fighter put her in the same company as John Brown and her good friend Susan B. Anthony; but was also deemed a “Terrorist” and “Outlaw” by those who opposed her endeavors.

Tubman is most known for her use of the “Underground Railroad” to smuggle slaves out of the south and was responsible for liberating thousands of slaves. She also assisted General David Hunter, and Colonel James Montgomery in recruiting slaves and anti-slaves in to the Union Army to defeat of the Southern Confederates – which resulted in the Abolishment of Slavery (whether this was circumstantial or a direct result of the war, is a separate debate.)

Harriet Tubman, a true hero, an agent for change and a CDT Freedom Fighter.