Sister Harriet & Sojourner

Harriet Tubman is one of the greatest heroines of any color in American history. Her expeditions to lead slaves out of captivity, and her spying for the union side are the stuff of legend, and she is rightfully remembered here, like Sojourner Truth, a charismatic abolitionist and feminist.

Here’s an animated retelling of Sister Harriet’s story:

In this clip, Alice Walker reads Sojourner Truth’s famous “Ain’t I A Woman” speech to an abolitionist gathering in 1851: