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Years after her Underground Railroad missions, Harriet Tubman continued fighting for other people.
She supported the cause of women’s suffrage.
She cared for people in need.
And later in life, she helped establish the Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged in Auburn, New York.
Her life was not easy after the war.
In fact, despite everything she had done, Tubman struggled financially and was not immediately properly compensated for her wartime service.
That part of her story is sometimes forgotten.
We remember the photographs.
We remember the nickname “Moses.”
We remember the stories of her returning South.
We remember the hundreds of people freed during the Combahee River Raid.
But behind all of those achievements was a woman who spent much of her life sacrificing for other people.
And perhaps that’s why her faith matters so much when we talk about her story.
Harriet Tubman didn’t have a perfect road in front of her.
She didn’t have guarantees.
She didn’t know exactly how every mission would end.
She couldn’t see around every corner.
But she believed God was leading her.
And she acted on that belief.
There’s a lesson in that that reaches far beyond history.
Sometimes people think courage means knowing exactly what will happen next.
