Extra Mile: TUBMAN, Harriet plaque in Washington, D.C. by Sam Pena

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Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c. 1820 – 10 March 1913) was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the US Civil War. After escaping from captivity, she made thirteen missions to rescue some seventy slaves using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. She later helped John Brown recruit men for his raid on Harpers Ferry, and in the post-war era struggled for women's suffrage.

Born a slave in Dorchester County, Maryland, Tubman was beaten and whipped by her various masters as a child. Early in her life, she suffered a traumatic head wound when an irate slave owner threw a heavy metal weight at her, intending to hit another slave. The injury caused dizziness, pain, and spells of hypersomnia which occurred throughout her entire life. A devout Christian, she also experienced strange visions and vivid dreams, which she ascribed to premonitions from God. Source: Wikipedia

Harriet Tubman
circa 1820 - 1913

HARRIET TUBMAN ESCAPED A LIFE OF SLAVERY ONLY TO RETURN SOUTH, AT HER OWN PERIL, TIME AND AGAIN, TO LEAD MORE THAN 300 FUGITIVE SLAVES THROUGH THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TO SAFETY AND FREEDOM. AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, TUBMAN RAISED MONEY TO CLOTHE AND EDUCATE NEWLY FREED AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN AND ESTABLISHED A HOME FOR AGED AND INDIGENT AFRICAN AMERICANS.

"I had crossed the line of which I had so long been dreaming, I was free; ... to this solemn resolution I came; I was free, and they should be free also."

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Artist: Sam Pena(click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: Civil War; Women
Location: G St NW east of 14th St Washington, D.C. Extra Mile

Nearest Metro: Federal Triangle(Orange - Blue - Silver) (click station name for all sculptures nearby) (dcMem ID #728 )

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