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PBS Documentary Depict Frederick Douglass’ and Harriet Tubman’s paths of freedom, Faith

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on October 22, 2022 at 11:31pm

Frederick Douglass, left, and Harriet Tubman are featured in new PBS documentaries. Douglass photo © New York Historical Society / Bridgeman Images; Tubman photo © RTRO / Alamy Stock Photo

Frederick Douglass, left, and Harriet Tubman are featured in new 
PBS
  documentaries. Douglass photo © New York Historical Society / Bridgeman Images; Tubman photo © RTRO / Alamy Stock Photo

(RNS) — Frederick Douglass called the Bible one of his most important resources and was involved in Black church circles as he spent his life working to end what he called the “peculiar institution” of slavery.

Harriet Tubman sensed divine inspiration amid her actions to free herself and dozens of other

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Movie About Harriet Tubman Is In the Works

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on May 2, 2016 at 10:27pm

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A movie about iconic abolitionist Harriet Tubman is in development from “Homeland” director Seith Mann.

The project has a working title of “Harriet.”

Tubman was born into slavery, escaped in 1849 and made more than a dozen missions to rescue about 70 slaves though the Underground Railroad. She served as a spy for the Union Army during the Civil War and campaigned for women’s suffrage.

The U.S. Treasury announced last month that Tubman will replace Andrew Jack

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