CWEB - So Donald Trump decided that Harriet Tubman is going to join Andrew Jackson on the 20 dollar bill. And the right wing Donald Trump loving Racist have reacted even worse we could expect. And that is saying something. One comment in particular really pissed us off. In A Tweet The Bigot said that Tubman was a criminal, what was the crime you ask .. Well they accused her of being a thief, for stealing Slaves. They called her a thief because she freed people from slavery. Andrew Jackson ordered the trail of tears, was himself a slave owner and all around not a good person. The face of Jackson, a slave holder who was America’s seventh president and who has been roundly criticized in modern times for forcing Native Americans off their land, will be bumped to the back of the $20s when new bills are designed and unveiled in 2020, officials announced Wednesday.So Genocide is ok, but a woman who ran the Underground Railroad is called a thief for stealing slaves .. Faith in humanity once again was lost. It is perfect that Harriet Tubman will replace a very prominent wealthy slave owner like Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. It's great that they chose to honor her but unfortunately it's a very small gesture in the fact that this country has an extreme prejudice problem and people like Donald Trump are just making it worse. Harriet Tubman is an inspired choice, and a popular one among thinking people of all stripes, made even more popular by the revulsion all decent people feel towards Andrew Jackson. And then there's Donald Trump, of course; his dismissal of this well-deserved honor as merely a manifestation of political correctness run amok is apparently a knee-jerk reaction to very existence of black women (clearly he is unable to differentiate between individuals in that demographic, living or dead), and tells you everything you need to know about him.

Who is Harriet Tubman?

Born a slave in Dorchester County, Maryland, Tubman was beaten and whipped by her various masters as a child. Early in life, she suffered a traumatic head wound when an irate slave owner threw a heavy metal weight intending to hit another slave and hit her instead. The injury caused dizziness, pain, and spells of hypersomnia, which occurred throughout her life. She was a devout Christian and experienced strange visions and vivid dreams, which she ascribed to premonitions from God.

In 1849, Tubman escaped to Philadelphia, then immediately returned to Maryland to rescue her family. Slowly, one group at a time, she brought relatives with her out of the state, and eventually guided dozens of other slaves to freedom. Traveling by night and in extreme secrecy, Tubman (or "Moses", as she was called) "never lost a passenger". Her actions made slave owners anxious and angry, and they posted rewards for her capture. After the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was passed, she helped guide fugitives farther north into British North America, and helped newly freed slaves find work.

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