2005-02-03
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Sculpture: Harriett Tubman by Jane DeDecker
Harriet Tubman
"Children, if you are tired, keep going. If you are hungry, keep going. If you are scared, keep going. If you want to taste of freedom, keep going."
Many Americans know nothing about true suffering | They know not what is would be like to be brutally beaten as a child for running off when scared | Or what it is like to live in virtual slavery, even to the point of be at risk of their spouse agreeing to sell them off |
Many Americans know nothing about true determination | We don't knbw what it's like to flee for their lives only to then spend the rest of their life helping other gain freedom |
This kind of reality is, for most of us, consigned to something we watch vicariously in movies or as theatre | Not so for Harriet Tubman | Her life was one of dedicated work to gaining and ensuring human rights protections for all |
Some may read about Ms. Tubman's life solely based upon her ethnic background | True, she was of African-American descent | Most [though not all] people born into slavery in Antebellum USA were African-American | But her story and her part in American history ~ indeed ~ world history. belongs to us all | We could all benefit from following her example |
Sculpture: Harriett Tubman by Jane DeDecker
Harriet Tubman
"Children, if you are tired, keep going. If you are hungry, keep going. If you are scared, keep going. If you want to taste of freedom, keep going."
Many Americans know nothing about true suffering | They know not what is would be like to be brutally beaten as a child for running off when scared | Or what it is like to live in virtual slavery, even to the point of be at risk of their spouse agreeing to sell them off |
Many Americans know nothing about true determination | We don't knbw what it's like to flee for their lives only to then spend the rest of their life helping other gain freedom |
This kind of reality is, for most of us, consigned to something we watch vicariously in movies or as theatre | Not so for Harriet Tubman | Her life was one of dedicated work to gaining and ensuring human rights protections for all |
Some may read about Ms. Tubman's life solely based upon her ethnic background | True, she was of African-American descent | Most [though not all] people born into slavery in Antebellum USA were African-American | But her story and her part in American history ~ indeed ~ world history. belongs to us all | We could all benefit from following her example |
PICTURE CREDIT: Columbine Galleries & National Sculptor's Guild
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