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Destination Freedom: Railway to Freedom (1948)
Harriet Tubman, a young woman enslaved on a Maryland plantation, is injured when she blocks an overseer from beating a fellow slave. During a long illness she dreams of freedom, and after returning to work in the fields she decides to escape. She sets out alone at night, following the North Star, and reaches a farmhouse where a Quaker family hears her plea. This episode of Destination Freedom, a radio series from 1948, dramatizes her early life in the chapter Railway to Freedom.
With Harriet Tubman, Saul, George, Lewis, Mrs. Torpitz, Hannah, Levi, Master Bo.
Listen for: Harriet's inner…
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