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Hekate

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18. I was in 5th or 6th grade when I found a biography of "Moses" Tubman in my school library...

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Tue May 28, 2019, 12:13 AM

May 2019

It was my first introduction to this American hero, this truly great woman.

All these years later I was looking forward to seeing her replace Jackson. Trump is nothing but a racist misogynistic orange pissant not fit to wipe Harriet Tubman's shoes.

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Opposing Harriet Tubman, has messed with wrong woman [View all] struggle4progress May 2019 OP

Imagine Me. May 2019 #1

it is very hard to imagine how strong she was Skittles May 2019 #2

Not Only That....She Was A Spy For The Union Army Me. May 2019 #6

truly amazing Skittles May 2019 #8

and her final years when she should have been taken care of, she opened her house to others demtenjeep May 2019 #14

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Me. May 2019 #15

+ struggle4progress May 2019 #3

The breathtaking courage of Harriet Tubman sheshe2 May 2019 #4

Tubman Byway struggle4progress May 2019 #7

Thank you. s4p. sheshe2 May 2019 #10

That may have taken years to accomplish. A distant cousin struggle4progress May 2019 #11

Interesting history. sheshe2 May 2019 #17

Kick & recommend.Tubman is an Incredible American Hero. bronxiteforever May 2019 #5

truly the face of someone who has seen it all Skittles May 2019 #9

Simply sublime. nt littlemissmartypants May 2019 #12

Excellent post and thread. Kicked and recommended. littlemissmartypants May 2019 #13

did you know in her early teens, her "master" threw a rock and gave her a concussion and worse demtenjeep May 2019 #16

Her master threw some heavy metal object at her and caused a traumatic brain injury... Hekate May 2019 #19

I was in 5th or 6th grade when I found a biography of "Moses" Tubman in my school library... Hekate May 2019 #18