Daily Prompt 20 June Thursday

Who is your favorite historical figure?

There are so many people I admire from history but I’ll just name one.

Harriet Tubman born 1820 died 1913. Struck in the head as an adolescent by a two pound weight she experienced seizures and severe headaches for the rest of her life. She was struck for refusing to help capture an escaped slave. She became the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad. She Made her escape to freedom from slavery in 1849 going from Maryland to Canada. She risked her life multiple times securing freedom for family members and other slaves through an elaborate network of safe houses in the Underground Railroad. She also helped the Union Army during the war acting as a spy.

https://www.biography.com/activists/harriet-tubman#early-life-and-family