MISGUIDED MAGAZINE SPRING 2020

SPRING 2020
FREEDOM FIGHTERS
HARRIET TUBMAN
Harriet Tubman was an abolitionist and political activist.
Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made
some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved
people, including family and friends, using the network
of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the
Underground Railroad. She earned the nickname “Moses”
for her leadership. With the passage of the Fugitive Slave
Law which stated that escaped slaves could be captured
in the North and returned to slavery, Tubman re-routed
the Underground Railroad to Canada. A survey at the end
of the 20th century named her as one of the most famous
civilians in American history before the Civil War, third only
to Betsy Ross and Paul Revere.
Source: biography.com
NAT TURNER
Nat Turner was born into slavery but unlike most
enslaved African Americans, Nat was able to
attain the skills of reading and writing. Nat later
became a preacher and revolutionary leader of
other enslaved African Americans. He led a fourday
rebellion of both enslaved and free black
people in Southampton County, Virginia, beginning
August 21, 1831. The rebellion caused the death
of approximately 60 white men, women, and
children. He was eventually caught and Turner
pled not guilty during his trial, believing that his
rebellion was the work of God. He was sentenced
to death by hanging.
Source: biography.com
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