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Hamiet Tubman, Sojourner Truth Among Historic Heroines Whose Stories Are Told At National

Underground Railroad Freedom Center

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The new $110 million National Underground Railroad Freedom Cen- ter (NURFC) in Cincinnati is dedicat- ed to commemorating the past efforts of those who helped overcome slavery and other barriers to freedom, as well as honoring those who continue the efforts worldwide today.

Among the scores of stories of free- dom recounted at the Center are those of freedom fighters Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth, whose exploits also are highlighted on the Teaching Personal Freedom Tour, co-sponsored by NURFC and Procter & Gamble, makers of the popular household brands Tide, Bounty, Pantene, Crest, Charmin, Pampers and Luvs.

The tour features singer-actress Denise Thimes' one woman show of dramatizations and songs, portraying historic Black women and celebrating freedom we share in America.

Tubman, who was born a slave, was one of the most celebrated lead- ers of the. Underground Railroad. Truth, also born into slavery, was an abolitionist and the first Black female orator to speak out against slavery.

Tubman was born Araminta Ross inBucktown, MD, circa 1820, but was called by her mother's name, Harriet. At 13 she was clubbed in the head by a slave master for trying to help another slave avoid punishment and suffered blackouts her entire life.

She married John Tubman, a freed slave, in 1844 and later escaped to Philadelphia when she was 25. She returned South to lead hundreds of slaves to freedom during the 1850s on the Underground Railroad, a network of safe houses and hiding places from the South to the North.

Tubman never was caught and never lost a slave during her rescues. She also served in the Civil War as a scout, nurse and spy for the Union Army before her death in 1883.

Sojourner Truth was born Isabella Baumfree, circa 1797, inUJlster Coun- ty, NY. A slave from birth, Truth got her freedomin 1828 after passage of a New York law that banned slavery. Fifteen years later, she said she had a revelation from God that her mission in life was to preach. Soon her ser- mons focused on abolishing slavery.

She became a popular orator in New England and the Midwest. In 1864, Truth visited President Abra- ham Lincoln in the White House and decided to remain in Washington, D.C., to help improve conditions for Blacks there. Until her death in 1883, she helped find jobs and homes for slaves who had escaped the South.

TITLE: Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth Among Historic Heroines Whose Stories Are Told At National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

SOURCE: Jet 105 no6 F 9 2004 WN: 0404102618006

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