Harriet in the Tubman Museum | Blackenomics | Black History

Описание: The Tubman Museum of African American History has served as the largest museum in the Southeast dedicated to African American art, history and culture. And of course it was named after Harriet Tubman herself.

Born Araminta “Minty” Ross in Dorchester into slavery in 1822, Harriet faced many battles. As a result of being struck by a two-pound iron weight, she would suffer from dizziness, seizures, and blackouts all of her life.

She married a free black man named John Tubman at the age of 25 and changed her name to Harriet. A few years later, after her enslaver died, she fled to Philadelphia in fear of being sold. This is where her abolitionist roots began. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 come out around this time, requiring all escaped slaves to be captures and returned to their slave owner. Everyone had to cooperate in the process. This pushed her to join the Underground Railroad.

Created by free and enslaved African Americans, this informal transportation system, made up of secret routes and safe houses, helped black people escape slavery to the northern United States. Eastern Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

Throughout her journey for freedom, Harriet faced many trials and tribulations. She led over 70 slaves to freedom to freedom and made over 13 expeditions. She helped to free her some of her family members and even those she did not know. She served in the Union Army as a nurse, spy, scout and was largely unpaid.

She fought for the women’s suffrage, that’s the right of women to vote and continued to advocate for those that society deemed unworthy of rights.

As she grew older, she herself became ill and was ared for at the very home she founded and died of pneumonia in 1913.

Harriet set the standard for what advocacy looks like. She didn’t just believe it. She lived it and she made sure that others were helped in the process. What can you do to make the world a better place? What actions can you take to give someone peace and assurance? Every action counts.