stepheniedaniel's review
5.0
As the title suggested, Harriet's story is an extraordinary one. Her story is another inspiring piece which fits the history of coloured people's strength who pioneered the movement to challenge the status quo of an ideology which had deep roots of discrimination and prejudice. I couldn't understand how the whites of the South could see through the eyes of cruelty and disgust towards another human being. And I think many black leaders could not see that too, which led them to challenge the prejudice which suppresses them. (I use the present tense because although slavery was abolished, racism is still crawling among the whites)
Harriet Tubman's story is the first story I read of a person forced to slavery taking control of her life and elevating her status from bondage to liberty. Her story is among the foundation on where the Statue of Liberty stands to this very day. What makes this woman extraordinary is her unwavering will to give others like her a taste of liberty. There's so much one can learn from the life of Harriet Tubman; her solid faith in God and His provisions, the ability to think beyond the confined world she grew up in as a slave, her deep appreciation of being a free person which most of us take for granted today, her humility and down to earth character which fuels her to constantly give and not thinking of herself and the spunk this woman had not to be restricted by the standard strength limited to a woman but demonstrating exceptional power to bring down men.
She is inspiring and she will continue to inspire others who give a damn of the value of common courtesy and the horrible effects of racism and discrimination.
Harriet Tubman's story is the first story I read of a person forced to slavery taking control of her life and elevating her status from bondage to liberty. Her story is among the foundation on where the Statue of Liberty stands to this very day. What makes this woman extraordinary is her unwavering will to give others like her a taste of liberty. There's so much one can learn from the life of Harriet Tubman; her solid faith in God and His provisions, the ability to think beyond the confined world she grew up in as a slave, her deep appreciation of being a free person which most of us take for granted today, her humility and down to earth character which fuels her to constantly give and not thinking of herself and the spunk this woman had not to be restricted by the standard strength limited to a woman but demonstrating exceptional power to bring down men.
She is inspiring and she will continue to inspire others who give a damn of the value of common courtesy and the horrible effects of racism and discrimination.
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