On this episode of Our American Stories Harriet Tubman is one of the giants of American history a fearless visionary who led scores of her fellow slaves to freedom Here to tell the story is Kate Clifford Larson author of Bound for the Promised Land Harriet Tubman Portrait of an American Hero Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Harriet Tubman is one of the giants of American history a fearless visionary who led scores of her fellow slaves to freedom Here to tell the story is Kate Clifford Larson author of Bound for the Promised Land Harriet Tubman Portrait of an American Hero Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories many of us know the name Harriet Tubman but we may not know the struggles that she went through to become the recognizable figure we know in American History today Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Episode Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions Show Notes CoreChristianity com Questions in this Episode Why did God command the destruction of the Canaanites and Amorites after he gave the command Thou Shalt Not Kill What is the feast referred to in Zechariah We are supposed to be content in all situations according to Paul But some of the people who made the biggest changes in this world were the ones who were not happy with their situation in this world Think of Martin Luther King Jr Harriet Tubman Frederick Douglas and others How do you explain this [... more]

Do you know why the top universities in the world were founded Or why someone like Harriet Tubman risked her life to rescue slaves In this program guest teacher John Dickerson continues his series Jesus Skeptic John's gonna unpack the common thread that links some of history's most notable figures and institutions [... more]

Harriet Tubman couldn rsquo t read or write As an adolescent she suffered a head injury at the hands of a cruel slave master That injury caused her to have seizures and lapses of consciousness for the rest of her life But once she escaped slavery God used her to rescue as many as three hundred others Nicknamed ldquo Moses rdquo by those she freed Harriet bravely made nineteen trips back to the pre-Civil War south to rescue others She continued even when there was a price on her head and her life was in constant danger A devoted believer [... more]

Harriet Tubman was one of the great American heroes of the nineteenth century Showing remarkable courage she guided more than three hundred fellow slaves to freedom after she first escaped slavery by crossing into free territory in the United States north Not content to simply enjoy her own freedom she ventured back into slave states nineteen times to lead friends family and strangers to freedom sometimes guiding people on foot all the way to Canada What drove Miss Tubman to such brave action A woman of deep faith she at one time said this ldquo I always told God I [... more]

Former President Herbert Hoover died years ago this week His name forever linked to the stock market crash of and the Great Depression that followed As Mo Rocca found out there's a case to be made that THE REAL HERBERT HOOVER was a far better man than the caricature In an interview with Lee Cowan Hollywood legends Martin Scorsese Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro talk about their new film The Irishman about a hit man for a Philadelphia crime family and the fate of Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa Martha Teichner maps the remarkable life path of Harriet Tubman See [... more]