Church looking to honor Tubman with monument (SC)
Wednesday, June 15th 2016, 2:58 pm EDT
Thursday, June 16th 2016, 3:37 pm EDT
By Georgiaree Godfrey
BEAUFORT, SC (WTOC) - A Lowcountry church is looking to honor Harriet Tubman ...
The church is already home to the burial site of Robert Smalls, who freed himself by sailing a Confederate ship away from Confederate controlled waters to the U.S. blockade ...
"A lot of people are fascinated when they realize that Harriet Tubman spent almost three years in Beaufort, where she operated as a scout and served in other capacities in this area,” said Pastor Kenneth Hodges. “She was also instrumental in the Cumbahee Raid, in which that one night in June 1863 over 700 slaves were freed" ...
http://www.wtoc.com/story/32229934/lowcountry-church-looking-to-honor-harriet-tubman-with-monument
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She's had one in Harlem about seven years now.
http://forgotten-ny.com/2010/02/harriet-tubman-memorial/
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/why-is-harriet-tubman-facing-south/
