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Portrait of Harriet Tubman in old age

‘Nurse, Spy, Cook:’ How Harriet Tubman Found Freedom Through Food

Source: NPR

Harriet Tubman funded her trips in part by cooking, and during the journeys she acted as provider to the slaves she helped escape.

This entry was posted in A New Birth of Freedom and tagged Historic Figures, History on June 1, 2016 by Anita Hacker.

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