ACT FOUR: GENERAL TUBMAN
[Philadelphia. An abolitionist meeting. An ABOLITIONIST SPEAKER addresses a crowd. HARRIET TUBMAN stands nearby.]
NARRATOR 2: Harriet Tubman became famous in anti-slavery circles — though her identity had to be kept secret from those who wanted to recapture her. People called her 'Moses' — like the prophet who led his people out of slavery in the Bible. ABOLITIONIST SPEAKER: The woman you see before you has led more than seventy people to freedom. She has never been caught. She has never lost a soul. Friends — I give you Moses! PHILADELPHIA CITIZEN 1: (awestruck) She did all that? PHILADELPHIA CITIZEN 2: And she went back again and again? Knowing she could be captured? HARRIET TUBMAN: (addressing the crowd) I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger. But I want you to know — I could have freed a thousand more, if only they had known they were slaves.
[The Civil War. HARRIET, now dressed practically for field work, speaks with UNION SOLDIERS.]
NARRATOR 3: When the Civil War began in 1861, Harriet Tubman joined the Union Army. She worked as a nurse, a spy, and eventually led a daring military raid. SOLDIER 1: General Tubman — our scouts are ready. We follow your plan tonight. HARRIET TUBMAN: Good. We go up the Combahee River before dawn. Move quietly, move quickly, and we'll free every soul along those plantations. SOLDIER 2: How many do you think? HARRIET TUBMAN: Hundreds. Maybe more.
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