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tubman
1[ tuhb-muhn ]
noun
- a barrister in the Court of Exchequer who had precedence in motions over every other barrister except the postman.
Tubman
2[ tuhb-muhn ]
noun
- Harriet Araminta, 1820?–1913, U.S. abolitionist: escaped slavery to become a leader of the Underground Railroad; served as a Union scout during Civil War.
- William Va·can·a·rat Shadrach [v, uh, -, kan, -, uh, -rat], 1895–1971, president of Liberia 1944–71.
Tubman
/ ˈʌə /
noun
- TubmanWilliam Vacanarat Shadrach18951971MLiberianPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state William Vacanarat Shadrach (vəˈkænəˌræt ˈʃædræk). 1895–1971, Liberian statesman; president of Liberia (1944–71)
Example Sentences
Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass became two spokespeople for those who had lived as slaves.
In addition, government websites began scrubbing African-American history, including in the case of the National Park Service eliminating a photo of the famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman and descriptions of the brutal realities of slavery.
Post-Civil War, you discuss how there were certainly what we would call today kind of “intersectional” feminists, like Lucy Parsons, Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman.
At least five other volunteers had joined them, including members from the Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice and Association of Raza Educators.
The flag is studded with the names of people who have pushed those freedoms to the brink, from Harriet Tubman to the John Birch Society.
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