Harriet Tubman: The Black Moses

Harriet Tubman was a brave person. It is obvious that she was a female who could not sit still. She had a fire in her belly. She needed to find salvation for herself and her people. It was written that this woman was lead by fears; ultimately, the fear of being a slave would drive her to freedom. Sometimes fear is consider unhealthy, but in Harriet Tubman case, it is considered as a God-fear, good fear. It will be the tool used to not only save her and many others from death, slavery and the cost of sacrifice. Harriet built a world we known called the underground. The society has grown to use this method that she has created to expand society without the threat of unjust laws. She was a woman who thought outside of the box. She created a network that could have crucified her, but her values drove her to the right people. Her faith made her disciplined, and her will power gave her courage to face the odds. This woman was amazing because she was not only dark as the night, she was quiet and quick. She had to be fit. She travelled many times from Canada to the South. She was ultimately a jack of trades, the master of her new empire, the Underground World. They use this as a funny gesture, but for many it is what we can also consider grass roots, and underground music, underground magazines, and so forth. It is the method of generating a freedom that surpasses slavery. It is having a freedom at all cost without being caught.

It is not illegal just a misfit. Harriet was destined to be a slave, but she broke the unjust rule. She knew that the higher rules of life govern the rules of humanity. She wasn’t going to let go of her biggest fear. The fear she had was to stay at her master’s house. Some people would argue that she was fearless. Fearless is a concept on many levels. To be fearless, is to be without fear. Without fear, you operate sometimes careless. I have seen it happen many times that those without fear take risks that are costly and dangerous. It is obvious she did work on some level of fearlessness. It is not argued that she was fearless because she took risk of finding freedom in Canada. She was not going to stop at nothing. She was willing to kill those who travelled with her for the sake of freedom. Doubt was not her middle name. She knew it was possible, and she lived in its possibilities of being free. Her support system was her abortionist and Quaker friends who saw the practices of some slave owners to be beastly and cruel. They were the good owners versus the bad owners. As we would call it, the abusive owners versus the responsible owners.

It was evident that the abolitionists were done with their practices of owning slaves and ready to move forward in taking the slaves they had and making them friends.

It is funny that Harriet Tubman was born in the right time of history because she needed their values, faith and ultimately fears. They were afraid of getting caught. They knew that the price of getting caught would be death, and the whole operation shut down. The fear was healthy and drove them as a company to strategize and plan with perfect accuracy, and care. It was nothing left behind. The fear in them gave a wisdom and understanding. This fear can be argued that God would disapprove of fear. It is written in scripture that fear is not of God, and love swallows fear. I suppose that fear is a tool, but within that tool, love should be the bottom line. I see Harriet Tubman as a black Moses because Moses had fear. His fear drove him to be one of the greatest prophets, leaders and servants God had chose in the history of society, humanity and environment. Harriet took her society to the next level which eventually led to the Civil War. Harriet also took her humanity to the next level of humanitarian which would lead to greater truths and justices as Martin Luther King Jr. and The Kennedy Family. The fruit that came from this woman is beyond measure. Harriet Empire was the Underground Railroad. She was noticed for many reasons, but what I noticed was her fear. Moses fear, and as one, their ultimate price for that fear, a freedom that can never be erased.

As I end with this, I know those who would argue that Harriet was fearless. I would argue she had fears. I realize the claim today is a simple approach to Moses. Moses and Harriet were identical in the fact they had similar if not fear that was identified at the moment of freedom. Fear in both of them led them to freedom leading a people out of bondage. It was a fear that they knew they could not rely on their own strength, but they needed help. It was a fear that they knew they could not live without the submission of God, their faith, values and love for their own people. Their environment paid a huge price for their sacrifice. They lost a great deal of time and opportunity to build a paradise. Time wasn’t on their side for both of their lives ended without finishing their work they had started. It was obvious that Harriet Tubman was the Black Moses for the sake of my claim; fear is a fearless motion that drives the believer in leaving it as it comes. Continuously, it is the driven force that chases people like Harriet into becoming leaders, servants and ultimately revolutionists.