stackyFACTSHarriet Tubman absolutely did not have time for cowards on the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman absolutely did not have time for cowards on the Underground Railroad. Guiding runaway slaves through swamps to freedom was highly illegal and incredibly dangerous. If anyone panicked and tried to turn back, they risked exposing the whole group. Tubman would pull out her revolver, point it directly at their head, and politely inform them they would either be free or be dead. A masterful motivational speaker.
Keep exploring facts in this topic.
History →STACKY FOR IPHONEKeep discovering with Stacky. Interesting facts in an app that is always within reach.
Harriet Tubman is famously known for the Underground Railroad, but she also served as an armed military scout and spy for the Union Army. She became the first…
Discover more
When you're bleeding out in a trench, turning into a glow-stick is probably the last thing you want. At the Battle of Shiloh, soldiers lying in the freezing…
Discover more
In 1791, a Parisian playwright named Olympe de Gouges published the ‘Declaration of the Rights of Woman.’ It mirrored the grand declaration of French…
Discover more
The perfect name for a machine that relies on your drunk friends completely ruining a pop song. The Japanese portmanteau literally describes the backing track…
Discover more
Long before YouTube existed, Thomas Edison's film studio accidentally predicted the internet by filming what in 1894?
Discover more
The seemingly gravity-defying backwards glide wasn't summoned from the ether; it was learned through private lessons with a television dancer. The superstar…
Discover more