Ghost of~ AGNES OF GLASGOW ~SOUTH CAROLINA~U.S.A
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Agnes followed her lover, Lt. Angus McPherson, who was a British Army officer, to America during the American Revolution. She stowed away on a ship bound from England to America, arriving in Charleston, South Carolina. Believing his unit was assigned near Camden, in Kershaw County, South Carolina, and having heard that he may have been wounded, she wandered through towns and the wilderness hoping to make contact with him or someone who knew him. However, she became ill and died before she could find him.1780 Agnes of Glasgow died (February 12)She was buried in the Old Quaker Cemetery by King Haigler and his men. (King Haigler was an American Wateree Indian who befriended Europeans in South Carolina)...,but King Hagler died when Agnes was 3 years old. King Haiglar was slain by raiding Shawnee Indians (August 30)1763
According to local legend her ghost can be seen as she continues to walk to streets and roads in and near Camden, South Carolina, still looking for her lover.
Local legend maintains that she searches for her lover still, and that her ghost haunts the Bethesda Presbyterian Church where she was buried, and the surrounding wooded area to present day. The legend is such that it has received media attention in South Carolina, as well as ghost hunters from around the country. Local historians confirm that the British Army did arrive in Camden during that year, but since her tombstone reads she died on 12 February, they would not have been in Camden at the time of her death.
The Bethesda Presbyterian Church is set on the north side of DeKalb Street (United States Route 1) in the center of Camden. The church campus includes six buildings: the main sanctuary, John Knox Hall, the Bethesda Christian School, Hammet Chapel, the McAm Building, and Westminster Hall. In front of the sanctuary is a monument, like the sanctuary designed by Robert Mills, dedicated to the memory of the Baron DeKalb, a Continental Army soldier killed in the 1780 Battle of Camden.
Camden is the oldest inland city in South Carolina, Camden is the oldest inland city and fourth oldest city in South Carolina. It is near the center of the Cofitachequi chiefdom that existed in the 1500s. In 1730, Camden became part of a township plan ordered by King George II. Kershaw County's official web site states, Originally laid out in 1732 as the town of Fredericksburg in the Wateree River swamp (south of the present town) when King George II ordered eleven inland townships established along South Carolina's rivers, few of the area settlers chose to take lots surveyed in the town, choosing the higher ground to the north. The township soon disappeared. In 1758, Joseph Kershaw, from Yorkshire, England came into the township, established a store and renamed the town Pine Tree Hill. Camden became the main inland trade center in the colony. Kershaw suggested that the town be renamed Camden, in honor of Lord Camden, a champion of colonial rights in the British Parliament.
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Old Purity Cemetery, Chester SC
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Ep. 211 - Haunted Cemeteries 2
There is one absolute for all human beings and that is that we all will die. Throughout history, humans have disposed of and honored their dead in various ways. Burying the dead and marking their resting place has been the most popular and it has carried over to our modern era. Cemeteries have become a record of history for towns. Who lived here? When did they die? Why did they die? Was there a plague, a war, a natural disaster that devastated the population? Some of the interred at times wander from their resting places. There are tales of specters roaming about the tombstones in certain graveyards. Weird lights and mists have been photographed. On this episode, we have four cemeteries that seem to have unexplained activity. Those cemeteries are the Silver Terrace Cemetery in Virginia City, Nevada, which is actually divided into eleven separate cemeteries, Union Cemetery in Easton, Connecticut, Old Quaker Cemetery in Camden, South Carolina and Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. The combined histories of these graveyards covers the 1600s, 1700s and 1800s. Every class is found in these cemeteries and each has its own legends and hauntings. Join us as we bring you Haunted Cemeteries 2! The Moment in Oddity features Timothy Smith's window grave and This Month in History features the Riot Act in Britain.
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Mount Peace Cemetery In Lawnside, NJ On May 30, 2011 Union Colored Troops
Every year I visit this Cemetery on Memorial Day/Decoration Day so I can honor and pay tribute to the Veterans who are buried here. This is a Historic Black Cemetery and dozens of Civil War Union Soldiers' graves are on this land.
NC Civil War & Reconstruction History Center - Genealogy Stories
This “footnote” episode is about the North Carolina Civil War & Reconstruction History Center located in Fayetteville, NC and how genealogist can submit their family history stories. In this interview, Cheri Molter explains how genealogist can submit their ancestors’ stories from the 1860-1900 time period, as part their “100 Stories from 100 Counties” project.
She also discusses Civil War stories, plans for the brick and mortar history center, a recent archaeological dig at the site, educational plans, and the reconstruction of three historic buildings on the site. The three buildings are the Davis House, Arsenal House, and the Culbreth House.
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From Boston to Yorktown: Tales of the National Trails
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the National Trails Act of 1968, Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Hurricane’s Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown, explores key events at historic sites featured in National Historic Trails and National Recreation Trails with William Fowler, professor emeritus of history at Northeastern University.
Nathanael Greene | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:10 1 Early life and education
00:03:44 2 Family
00:04:30 3 American Revolutionary War
00:04:41 3.1 Prelude to war
00:05:55 3.2 Commander under Washington
00:06:05 3.2.1 Boston campaign
00:07:50 3.2.2 New York and New Jersey Campaign
00:10:29 3.2.3 Philadelphia campaign
00:13:00 3.2.4 Stalemate in the Northern theater, 1778–1780
00:15:20 3.3 Command in the South
00:15:29 3.3.1 Appointment
00:17:01 3.3.2 Strategic retreat
00:19:12 3.3.3 Battle of Guilford Court House
00:21:00 3.3.4 Campaign in South Carolina and Georgia
00:24:36 3.3.5 After Yorktown
00:26:12 4 Later life and death
00:29:59 5 Legacy
00:30:09 5.1 Historical reputation
00:31:59 5.2 Memorials
00:33:47 6 See also
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Nathanael Greene (August 7 [O.S. July 27] 1742 – June 19, 1786, sometimes misspelled Nathaniel) was a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. He emerged from the war with a reputation as General George Washington's most gifted and dependable officer, and is known for his successful command in the southern theater of the war.
Born into a prosperous Quaker family in Warwick, Rhode Island, Greene became active in the resistance to British revenue policies in the early 1770s and helped establish the Kentish Guards, a state militia. After the April 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord, the legislature of Rhode Island established an army and appointed Greene to command it. Later in the year, Greene became a general in the newly-established Continental Army. Greene served under Washington in the Boston campaign, the New York and New Jersey campaign, and the Philadelphia campaign before being appointed quartermaster general of the Continental Army in 1778.
In October 1780, General Washington appointed Greene as the commander of the Continental Army in the southern theater. After taking command, Greene engaged in a successful campaign of guerrilla warfare against the numerically superior force of General Charles Cornwallis. He inflicted heavy losses on British forces at Battle of Guilford Court House, the Battle of Hobkirk's Hill, and the Battle of Eutaw Springs, eroding British control of the Southern United States. Major fighting on land came to an end following the surrender of Cornwallis at the Battle of Yorktown in October 1781, but Greene continued to serve in the Continental Army until late 1783. After the war, he sought to become a successful planter in the South, but died in 1786 at his Mulberry Grove Plantation in Chatham County, Georgia. Many places in the United States are named after Greene.
Beverly Lowry: Harriet Tubman—Imaginging a Life
Recipient of the 2007 Richard Wright Literary Excellence Award, author Beverly Lowry discusses her book Harriet Tubman: Imagining a Life, about the woman who led an armed rebellion during wartime, and led her family and people out of slavery. This event took place at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art on March 29, 2008. Video courtesy Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation.
Peace and Justice Summit: Activism
Changing How We Think About Activism with Brittany Packnett, Senator Cory Booker, and Common, moderated by Jacqueline Woodson.
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Benjamin Franklin | Wikipedia audio article
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Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, humorist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among other inventions. He founded many civic organizations, including the Library Company, Philadelphia's first fire department and the University of Pennsylvania.Franklin earned the title of The First American for his early and indefatigable campaigning for colonial unity, initially as an author and spokesman in London for several colonies. As the first United States Ambassador to France, he exemplified the emerging American nation. Franklin was foundational in defining the American ethos as a marriage of the practical values of thrift, hard work, education, community spirit, self-governing institutions, and opposition to authoritarianism both political and religious, with the scientific and tolerant values of the Enlightenment. In the words of historian Henry Steele Commager, In a Franklin could be merged the virtues of Puritanism without its defects, the illumination of the Enlightenment without its heat. To Walter Isaacson, this makes Franklin the most accomplished American of his age and the most influential in inventing the type of society America would become.Franklin became a successful newspaper editor and printer in Philadelphia, the leading city in the colonies, publishing the Pennsylvania Gazette at the age of 23. He became wealthy publishing this and Poor Richard's Almanack, which he authored under the pseudonym Richard Saunders. After 1767, he was associated with the Pennsylvania Chronicle, a newspaper that was known for its revolutionary sentiments and criticisms of British policies.
He pioneered and was first president of Academy and College of Philadelphia which opened in 1751 and later became the University of Pennsylvania. He organized and was the first secretary of the American Philosophical Society and was elected president in 1769. Franklin became a national hero in America as an agent for several colonies when he spearheaded an effort in London to have the Parliament of Great Britain repeal the unpopular Stamp Act. An accomplished diplomat, he was widely admired among the French as American minister to Paris and was a major figure in the development of positive Franco-American relations. His efforts proved vital for the American Revolution in securing shipments of crucial munitions from France.
He was promoted to deputy postmaster-general for the British colonies in 1753, having been Philadelphia postmaster for many years, and this enabled him to set up the first national communications network. During the revolution, he became the first United States Postmaster General. He was active in community affairs and colonial and state politics, as well as national and international affairs. From 1785 to 1788, he served as governor of Pennsylvania. He initially owned and dealt in slaves but, by the 1750s, he argued against slavery from an economic perspective and became one of the most prominent abolitionists.
His colorful life and legacy of scientific and political achievement, and his status as one of America's most influential Founding Fathers, have seen Franklin honored more than two centuries after his death on coinage and the $100 bill, warships, and the names of many towns, counties, educational institutions, and corporations, as well as countless cultural references.
John James Audubon | Wikipedia audio article
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John James Audubon
00:00:36 1 Early life
00:04:18 2 Immigration to the United States
00:08:09 3 Marriage and family
00:09:00 4 Starting out in business
00:14:19 5 Citizenship and debt
00:15:34 6 Early ornithological career
00:19:29 7 iThe Birds of America/i
00:24:26 8 Later career
00:28:21 9 Death
00:29:36 10 Art and methods
00:31:38 11 Legacy
00:33:39 11.1 Audubon in fiction and poetry
00:34:29 11.2 Places named in his honor
00:37:39 12 Works
00:37:48 12.1 Posthumous collections
00:39:00 13 See also
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John James Audubon (born Jean Rabin; April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was an American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He was notable for his extensive studies documenting all types of American birds and for his detailed illustrations that depicted the birds in their natural habitats. His major work, a color-plate book entitled The Birds of America (1827–1839), is considered one of the finest ornithological works ever completed. Audubon identified 25 new species.
North Carolina | Wikipedia audio article
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North Carolina
00:01:15 1 History
00:10:56 1.1 Native Americans, lost colonies, and permanent settlement
00:15:04 1.2 Colonial period and Revolutionary War
00:21:04 1.3 Antebellum period
00:24:39 1.4 American Civil War
00:28:14 2 Geography
00:31:02 2.1 Flora and fauna
00:31:10 2.2 Climate
00:33:14 3 Demographics
00:33:57 3.1 Ethnicity
00:34:48 3.2 Languages
00:35:52 3.3 Religion
00:38:29 3.4 Most populous counties
00:38:54 3.5 Major cities
00:39:21 3.6 Largest combined statistical areas
00:40:10 4 Economy
00:43:15 5 Transportation
00:44:09 6 Government and politics
00:46:53 7 Education
00:47:02 7.1 Primary and secondary education
00:48:16 7.2 Colleges and universities
00:50:09 8 Media
00:50:17 9 Sports
00:53:27 10 Tourism
00:56:11 11 Recreation
00:57:51 12 Arts and culture
00:59:04 12.1 Music
01:02:48 12.2 Shopping
01:03:48 12.3 Cuisine and agriculture
01:08:05 12.4 Ships named for the state
01:08:43 12.5 State parks
01:09:02 12.6 State symbols
01:11:23 12.7 Armed forces installations
01:12:34 13 See also
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North Carolina ( (listen)) is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. It borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west, Virginia to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. North Carolina is the 28th most extensive and the 9th most populous of the U.S. states. The state is divided into 100 counties. The capital is Raleigh, which along with Durham and Chapel Hill is home to the largest research park in the United States (Research Triangle Park). The most populous municipality is Charlotte, which is the second largest banking center in the United States after New York City.The state has a wide range of elevations, from sea level on the coast to 6,684 feet (2,037 m) at Mount Mitchell, the highest point in North America east of the Mississippi River. The climate of the coastal plains is strongly influenced by the Atlantic Ocean. Most of the state falls in the humid subtropical climate zone. More than 300 miles (500 km) from the coast, the western, mountainous part of the state has a subtropical highland climate.
In 2018, North Carolina was ranked number one on Forbes' Best States for Business ranking for a second year in a row.
Wilmington, Delaware | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:12 1 History
00:07:20 2 Geography
00:09:29 2.1 Surrounding municipalities
00:09:38 2.2 Climate
00:11:00 3 Demographics
00:12:54 4 Government
00:13:49 5 Neighborhoods
00:14:01 5.1 North of the Brandywine River
00:15:16 5.2 East of I-95
00:17:27 5.3 West of I-95
00:21:45 5.4 Historic districts and Conservation District
00:22:18 5.5 Gallery
00:22:26 6 Public safety
00:22:34 6.1 Crime
00:24:22 6.2 Police
00:25:26 6.3 Fire department and EMS
00:26:11 7 Economy
00:29:25 7.1 Top employers
00:30:07 8 Arts and culture
00:30:37 8.1 Ethnic festivals
00:32:07 8.2 Music festivals
00:32:57 8.3 Holiday events
00:33:19 9 Wilmington Riverfront
00:34:30 10 Media
00:34:38 10.1 Radio and television
00:36:13 10.2 Newspaper
00:36:47 10.3 Portrayal of Wilmington in popular culture
00:38:42 11 Infrastructure
00:38:51 11.1 Transportation
00:43:28 11.2 Utilities
00:44:07 11.3 Health care
00:45:01 12 Sports and recreation
00:45:10 12.1 Sports
00:46:01 12.2 Outdoor recreation
00:46:54 12.3 Running events
00:48:09 12.4 Cycling
00:48:54 12.5 Golf
00:49:07 13 Education
00:51:16 13.1 Universities and colleges
00:51:33 14 Points of interest
00:52:11 15 Sister cities
00:52:38 15.1 Partner city
00:52:49 16 See also
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Wilmington (Lenape: Paxahakink / Pakehakink) is the largest and most populous city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It is at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine River, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley metropolitan area. Wilmington was named by Proprietor Thomas Penn after his friend Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, who was prime minister in the reign of George II of Great Britain.
As of the 2018 United States Census estimate, the city's population is 70,635. It is the fifth least populous city in the U.S. to be the most populous in its state. The Wilmington Metropolitan Division, comprising New Castle County, DE, Cecil County, MD and Salem County, NJ, had an estimated 2016 population of 719,876. The Delaware Valley metropolitan area, which includes the cities of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden, New Jersey, had a 2016 population of 6,070,500, and a combined statistical area of 7,179,357.
Benjamin Franklin | Wikipedia audio article
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Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, humorist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among other inventions. He founded many civic organizations, including the Library Company, Philadelphia's first fire department and the University of Pennsylvania.Franklin earned the title of The First American for his early and indefatigable campaigning for colonial unity, initially as an author and spokesman in London for several colonies. As the first United States Ambassador to France, he exemplified the emerging American nation. Franklin was foundational in defining the American ethos as a marriage of the practical values of thrift, hard work, education, community spirit, self-governing institutions, and opposition to authoritarianism both political and religious, with the scientific and tolerant values of the Enlightenment. In the words of historian Henry Steele Commager, In a Franklin could be merged the virtues of Puritanism without its defects, the illumination of the Enlightenment without its heat. To Walter Isaacson, this makes Franklin the most accomplished American of his age and the most influential in inventing the type of society America would become.Franklin became a successful newspaper editor and printer in Philadelphia, the leading city in the colonies, publishing the Pennsylvania Gazette at the age of 23. He became wealthy publishing this and Poor Richard's Almanack, which he authored under the pseudonym Richard Saunders. After 1767, he was associated with the Pennsylvania Chronicle, a newspaper that was known for its revolutionary sentiments and criticisms of British policies.
He pioneered and was first president of Academy and College of Philadelphia which opened in 1751 and later became the University of Pennsylvania. He organized and was the first secretary of the American Philosophical Society and was elected president in 1769. Franklin became a national hero in America as an agent for several colonies when he spearheaded an effort in London to have the Parliament of Great Britain repeal the unpopular Stamp Act. An accomplished diplomat, he was widely admired among the French as American minister to Paris and was a major figure in the development of positive Franco-American relations. His efforts proved vital for the American Revolution in securing shipments of crucial munitions from France.
He was promoted to deputy postmaster-general for the British colonies in 1753, having been Philadelphia postmaster for many years, and this enabled him to set up the first national communications network. During the revolution, he became the first United States Postmaster General. He was active in community affairs and colonial and state politics, as well as national and international affairs. From 1785 to 1788, he served as governor of Pennsylvania. He initially owned and dealt in slaves but, by the 1750s, he argued against slavery from an economic perspective and became one of the most prominent abolitionists.
His colorful life and legacy of scientific and political achievement, and his status as one of America's most influential Founding Fathers, have seen Franklin honored more than two centuries after his death on coinage and the $100 bill, warships, and the names of many towns, counties, educational institutions, and corporations, as well as countless cultural references.
American Revolutionary War | Wikipedia audio article
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American Revolutionary War
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The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was an 18th-century war between Great Britain and its Thirteen Colonies (allied with France) which declared independence as the United States of America.After 1765, growing philosophical and political differences strained the relationship between Great Britain and its colonies. Patriot protests against taxation without representation followed the Stamp Act and escalated into boycotts, which culminated in 1773 with the Sons of Liberty destroying a shipment of tea in Boston Harbor. Britain responded by closing Boston Harbor and passing a series of punitive measures against Massachusetts Bay Colony. Massachusetts colonists responded with the Suffolk Resolves, and they established a shadow government which wrested control of the countryside from the Crown. Twelve colonies formed a Continental Congress to coordinate their resistance, establishing committees and conventions that effectively seized power.British attempts to disarm the Massachusetts militia in Concord led to open combat on April 19, 1775. Militia forces then besieged Boston, forcing a British evacuation in March 1776, and Congress appointed George Washington to command the Continental Army. Concurrently, the Americans failed decisively in an attempt to invade Quebec and raise insurrection against the British. On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress voted for independence, issuing its declaration on July 4. Sir William Howe launched a British counter-offensive, capturing New York City and leaving American morale at a low ebb. However, victories at Trenton and Princeton restored American confidence. In 1777, the British launched an invasion from Quebec under John Burgoyne, intending to isolate the New England Colonies. Instead of assisting this effort, Howe took his army on a separate campaign against Philadelphia, and Burgoyne was decisively defeated at Saratoga in October 1777.
Burgoyne's defeat had drastic consequences. France formally allied with the Americans and entered the war in 1778, and Spain joined the war the following year as an ally of France but not as an ally of the United States. In 1780, the Kingdom of Mysore attacked the British in India, and tensions between Great Britain and the Netherlands erupted into open war. In North America, the British mounted a Southern strategy led by Charles Cornwallis which hinged upon a Loyalist uprising, but too few came forward. Cornwallis suffered reversals at King's Mountain and Cowpens. He retreated to Yorktown, Virginia, intending an evacuation, but a decisive French naval victory deprived him of an escape. A Franco-American army led by the Comte de Rochambeau and Washington then besieged Cornwallis' army and, with no sign of relief, he surrendered in October 1781.
Whigs in Britain had long opposed the pro-war Tories in Parliament, and the surrender gave them the upper hand. In early 1782, Parliament voted to end all offensive operations in North America, but the war continued in Europe and India. Britain remained under siege in Gibraltar but scored a major victory over the French navy. On September 3, 1783, the belligerent parties signed the Treaty of Paris in which Great Britain agreed to recognize the sovereignty of the United States and formally end the war. French involvement had proven decisive, but France made few gains and incurred crippling debts. Spain made some territorial gains but failed in its primary aim of recovering Gibraltar. The Dutch were defeated on all counts and were compelled to cede territory to Great Britain. In India, the war against Mysore and its allies concluded in 1784 without any territorial changes.
Harriet Tubman | Wikipedia audio article
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Harriet Tubman
00:02:27 1 Birth and family
00:05:09 2 Childhood
00:06:32 2.1 Religion
00:07:10 2.2 Head injury
00:08:53 3 Family and marriage
00:10:45 4 Escape from slavery
00:14:50 5 Nicknamed Moses
00:21:27 5.1 Journeys and methods
00:26:21 6 John Brown and Harpers Ferry
00:29:01 7 Auburn and Margaret
00:32:00 8 American Civil War
00:34:28 8.1 Scouting and the Combahee River Raid
00:38:31 9 Later life
00:42:28 9.1 Suffragist activism
00:43:49 9.2 AME Zion Church, illness, and death
00:45:53 10 Legacy
00:49:50 10.1 Historiography
00:51:09 10.2 National Historic Site and Person
00:52:08 10.3 National Park designations
00:54:00 10.4 Twenty-dollar bill
00:54:46 11 See also
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Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c. 1822 – March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some thirteen missions to rescue approximately seventy enslaved people, family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. She later helped abolitionist John Brown recruit men for his raid on Harpers Ferry. During the Civil War, she served as an armed scout and spy for the United States Army. In her later years, Tubman was an activist in the struggle 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 life, she suffered a traumatic head wound when an irate slave owner threw a heavy metal weight intending to hit another slave but hit her instead. The injury caused dizziness, pain, and spells of hypersomnia, which occurred throughout her life. She was a devout Christian and experienced strange visions and vivid dreams, which she ascribed to premonitions from God.
In 1849, Tubman escaped to Philadelphia, then immediately returned to Maryland to rescue her family. Slowly, one group at a time, she brought relatives with her out of the state, and eventually guided dozens of other slaves to freedom. Traveling by night and in extreme secrecy, Tubman (or Moses, as she was called) never lost a passenger. After the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was passed, she helped guide fugitives farther north into British North America, and helped newly freed slaves find work. Tubman met the abolitionist John Brown in 1858, and helped him plan and recruit supporters for the raid on Harpers Ferry.
When the Civil War began, Tubman worked for the Union Army, first as a cook and nurse, and then as an armed scout and spy. The first woman to lead an armed expedition in the war, she guided the raid at Combahee Ferry, which liberated more than 700 slaves. After the war, she retired to the family home on property she had purchased in 1859 in Auburn, New York, where she cared for her aging parents. She was active in the women's suffrage movement until illness overtook her and she had to be admitted to a home for elderly African Americans that she had helped to establish years earlier. After she died in 1913, she became an icon of the courage and freedom of African-Americans.