Success! In a previous blog post, I wanted Andrew Jackson
replaced on the $20 bill. At the time, I suggested Frederick Douglass or Chief
Joseph.
Instead, the U.S. Treasury made a keen choice in selecting
Harriet Tubman. Born into slavery, she went back into slave areas thirteen
times to lead other slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad—a series
of routes leading to churches, barns, outdoor hiding places, and eventually to
freedom. She was nicknamed “Moses of her people.”
Don’t know why she was nicknamed “Moses”? Read the Book of
Exodus in the Bible.
If you want to discuss the politics of it, please do so off
this blog. Here is one site.
Meanwhile, enjoy this art by Charles T. Webber.
The Underground Railroad
public domain
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