Picture courtesy of
Cayuga Museum
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Harriet
Tubman
"The Conductor"
By Carl A. Pierce
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IN MEMORY OF HARRIET TUBMAN
IN MEMORY OF HARRIET TUBMAN
BORN A SLAVE IN MARYLAND ABOUT 1821
DIED IN AUBURN, N.Y. MARCH 10TH, 1913
CALLED THE “MOSES” OF HER PEOPLE,
DURING THE CIVIL WAR. WITH RARE
COURAGE, SHE LED OVER THREE HUNDRED
NEGROES UP FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM,
AND RENDERED INVALUABLE SERVICE
AS NURSE AND SPY.
WITH IMPLICIT TRUST IN GOD
SHE BRAVED EVERY DANGER AND
OVERCAME EVERY OBSTACLE, WITHAL
SHE POSSESSED EXTRAORDINARY
FORESIGHT AND JUDGMENT SO THAT
SHE TRUTHFULLY SAID --
“ON MY UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
I NEBBER RUN MY TRAIN OFF DE TRACK
AND I NEBBER LOS A PASSENGER.”
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THIS TABLET IS ERECTED
BY THE CITIZENS OF AUBURN
1914
Harriet Tubman plaque now at entrance of Cayuga County
Court-House,
Auburn, New York. It was unveiled by the Citizens of
Auburn in 1914.
Harriet
Tubman Plaque, Cayuga County Courthouse, Auburn, New York
