[golux]

I post wishing that Kenny Bunk were here to set the record straight on this forum. He was among other things an expert on the subject of Tubman. At the same time I am glad he did not see this particular day.

[Biggirl]

I just read that Tubman is going to be put on the $20?

I think it is because they want to leave $10 bill alone because of one sucessful Broadway play right now.

[wardaddy]

No kidding

Poor Jackson

Fought and bled from very early on for this country thrown under the bus for the sake of political correctness

[Organic Panic]

Many black historical figures have been propped up by pure mythologies. Carver invented nothing. Peanut butter was already around. The traffic lights were already working. And it is heresy to point out MLK’s radical leftist and communist ties.

[dangus]

I’m confused what the purpose of this article is.

(1) Since the purpose of the Underground Railroad was established with the 1850 Supreme Court ruling, and mooted by the Civil War, I’d guess most people would presume it was active PRINCIPALLY, perhaps not realizing exclusively between 1850 and the Civil War.

(2) Up to 100,000 slaves escaped via the Underground Railroad. That’s a very significant number! I don’t think anyone expects the Underground Railroad depopulated the Southern Slave plantations!

(3) I’ve never encountered the claim that the Underground Railroad involved raids. Tubman, however, *was* involved in John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry, so if it’s inferred from that that raids took place, that inference is as correct as its popularity.

(4) I probably just never paid attention to any precise number of trips Tubman made, so I can’t support or refute the notion that she took 19. But so what if the number is imprecise or uncertain? Wikipedia says 13, FWIW.

(5) Define “huge” in “huge price on her head”? It’s hard to refute a subjective word like “huge.” But she did have a price on her head. I found claims of a $40,000 reward which appear to be exaggerated: In 1868, someone claimed that a $40,000 reward wouldn’t’ve seemed unreasonable; another source supposes that figure comes from tallying all the various bounties. But what’s the point of arguing how big the rewards on her head were?

[longfellow]

I’m sure Charlie rangle will push a bill for AL jolsen day.

[Cyberman]

A quick perusal of the source webpage reveals it to be a crank revisionist operation, rather like the “Institute for Creation Research”.

[867V309]

I suspect we will be seeing record numbers of 20’s decorated with mustaches, beards and all variety of adornment.

[sauropod]

Bkmk