The General and the Quaker: Harriet Tubman and Thomas Garrett
american stories: race amity and the other tradition

The General and The Quaker: Harriet Tubman and Thomas Garrett centers on the profound and loving friendship between Harriett Tubman, the General of The Underground Railroad, and her little known and closest collaborator, a Quaker merchant named Thomas Garrett. They assisted over two thousand souls being emancipated from the brutality of slavery.

Duration: 26 minutes and 37 seconds

Episode Number: 102

About American Stories: Race Amity and the Other Tradition:

A historical look at cross-racial and cross-cultural relationships in American history that impacted America's development.

The film presents a series of short stories from the arrival of the first slaves on America's shores to relationships that impacted advances in social justice.




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