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The Best of Free: All Right Now is a 1991 album by the band Free. All the tracks on this album were remixed by Bob Clearmountain. [1] On 18 February 1991, the album was awarded a silver certification by the BPI, [2] for UK album sales of over 60,000 units. [3] The album entered the UK Albums Chart on 2 March 1991, it reached number 9 and stayed ...
Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c. March 1822 [1] – March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and social activist. [2] [3] After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, [4] using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad.
There is evidence, however, that the Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman used at least two songs. Sarah Bradford's biography of Tubman, Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman, published in 1869, quotes Tubman as saying that she used "Go Down Moses" as one of two code songs to communicate with fugitive enslaved people escaping from Maryland.
Tubman's commemorative plaque in Auburn, New York, erected 1914. Harriet Tubman (1822–1913) [1] was an American abolitionist and social activist. [2] [3] After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, [4] using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.
As we reflect on both Harriet Tubman Day (March 10) and National Equal Pay Day (March 12) amid our ongoing celebration of Women’s History Month, Tubman’s life and words remind us of the ...
A Woman Called Moses is a 1978 American television miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Marcy Heidish, about the life of Harriet Tubman, the escaped African American slave who led dozens of other African Americans from enslavement in the Southern United States to freedom in the Northern states and Canada.
Articles relating to the American abolitionist and activist Harriet Tubman (c. 1822-1913) and her work. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories ...
Melvin Gibbs is an American bass guitarist who has appeared on close to 200 albums in diverse genres of music. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Among others, Gibbs is known for working in jazz with drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson [ 3 ] and guitarist Sonny Sharrock , [ 1 ] and in rock music with Rollins Band [ 4 ] and Arto Lindsay . [ 5 ]