Harriet Tubman | Her Half of History

The Wild West Extravaganza

Wild West Josh

Education, History

4.8 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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This bonus episode comes to us from Lori Davis and her excellent podcast Her Half of History. Brand new episode of The Wild West Extravaganza still scheduled for Wednesday but I thought I'd go ahead and share this as well. Enjoy! This woman is a superhero. She escaped herself and then put herself in danger many times to help others do the same. During the Civil War, she served as a nurse and educator and spy and commanded a charge of armed men. All without any formal education herself. After the war she continued to find so many ways to help her fellow human beings that if she were anybody else, that would be the story. As it is, it all feels like an afterthought to her underground railroad and civil war work. My major source for today was Kate Clifford Larson’s biography Bound for the Promised Land. The first biography of Tubman was written in 1869 by Sarah Bradford, Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman. Her Half of History - https://herhalfofhistory.com/ Bound for the Promised Land by Kate Clifford Larson - https://www.amazon.com/Bound-Promised-Land-Portrait-American/dp/0345456289 Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman by Sarah Bradford - https://web.archive.org/web/20161216040502/http:/docsouth.unc.edu/neh/bradford/bradford.html The Library of Congress has an article about spirituals and their history: https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200197495/ The Charleston Mercury’s account of the Combahee River raid: https://web.archive.org/web/20111004194604/http://www.cw-chronicles.com/blog/the-enemy%e2%80%99s-raid-on-the-banks-of-the-combahee/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.8	You know, so many of the people we cover here on the Wild West extravaganza spend a
0:34.5	considerable amount of time and hostile country. No one to call for help, very little in the way of protection,
0:41.0	surrounded by enemies and nothing between them in a shallow grave other than nerves of steel and a well-oiled six-shooter.
0:48.2	And today's tell, while not exactly taking place in what's considered the Old West, at least location-wise,
0:55.6	still embodies the same spirit. And its protagonist could proudly stand next to the likes of Kit Carson and Wild Bill
1:01.3	Hickok and Bass Reeves when it comes to courage and a willingness to just keep on a going
1:05.9	and to face down all comers. This is a bonus episode of the Wild West extravaganza, and it's coming to you from my friend
1:13.3	Lori Davis, the host of the excellent Her Half of History podcast, which is also part of the
1:19.5	Into History Network.
1:21.3	I strongly suggest you head on over to Her Halfofhistory.com and check out a few more episodes,
1:27.1	also available wherever you listen to
1:29.5	podcasts. That's her halfofhistory.com. Her halfofhistory.com. Without further ado, this is Lori,
1:38.6	bringing us Her Half of History and the story of a very badass pistol-totting,
1:43.5	not somebody you'd want to mess with lady
1:45.7	by the name of Harriet Tubman.
1:50.2	Welcome to her half of history.
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