Lead Harriet

Harriet Tubman could be the next person pictured on $20 bills. There's a movement advocating a woman's face, and she is the most popular prospect for the job.

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Her life was rough as a plantation slave. But instead of being overwhelmed by her circumstances, she grew brave (her mother's example may have set a tone) and boldly escaped to Pennsylvania at about the age of 26. Then she went back - and helped many others escape via the famous "underground railroad" to freedom.

It was no picnic. "Twant me, 'twas the Lord. I always told him, 'I trust to you. I don't know where to go or what to do, but I expect you to lead me,' and He always did."

"As abolitionist Thomas Garrett put it, “I never met with any person of any color who had more confidence in the voice of God, as spoken direct to her soul.”