Harriet Tubman Quotes

“the definition of immortality centered on being remembered. The “living dead” were kept from fading into anonymity by being called to life in communal story, song, and dance. Remembering, whether by written or oral means, is an act of distillation. Some memories fall away; others survive, are embellished, and become stronger with the passage of time. Stories”
― Milton C. Sernett, Harriet Tubman: Myth, Memory, and History

“Tubman is the subject of more children’s books than any other African American historical figure, including Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth, her”
― Milton C. Sernett, Harriet Tubman: Myth, Memory, and History