{"id":237,"date":"2016-05-04T22:36:20","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T02:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roger-glass.com\/?p=237"},"modified":"2016-05-04T22:36:20","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T02:36:20","slug":"harriet-tubman-on-the-20-bill-momma-addie-is-smiling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roger-glass.com\/?p=237","title":{"rendered":"Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill! Momma Addie is Smiling."},"content":{"rendered":"<style><!--\n\/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Times;\n\tpanose-1:2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\";\n\tmso-font-charset:78;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536870145 1791491579 18 0 131231 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Cambria;\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536870145 1073743103 0 0 415 0;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-unhide:no;\n\tmso-style-qformat:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0in;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tfont-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\";\n\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}\np\n\t{mso-style-noshow:yes;\n\tmso-style-priority:99;\n\tmso-margin-top-alt:auto;\n\tmargin-right:0in;\n\tmso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\n\tmargin-left:0in;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;\n\tfont-family:Times;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\";\n\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";}\nspan.textexposedshow\n\t{mso-style-name:text_exposed_show;\n\tmso-style-unhide:no;}\n.MsoChpDefault\n\t{mso-style-type:export-only;\n\tmso-default-props:yes;\n\tfont-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\";\n\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}\n@page WordSection1\n\t{size:8.5in 11.0in;\n\tmargin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;\n\tmso-header-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-footer-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n--><\/style>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/roger-glass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/tubman-bill.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-238 alignleft\" alt=\"tubman bill\" src=\"https:\/\/roger-glass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/tubman-bill.jpeg\" width=\"265\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a>My great grandmother, Addie Jackson (or Momma Addie), knew Harriet Tubman. At least I\u2019m pretty sure she did. Here\u2019s why I say that. In the last years of her life, Tubman lived in Auburn, NY, where she\u2019s buried, and her primary caretakers were members of the Empire State Federation of Colored Women\u2019s Clubs. Momma Addie was the financial secretary of the club at the time.<a href=\"https:\/\/roger-glass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Scan0219.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-239\" alt=\"Scan0219\" src=\"https:\/\/roger-glass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Scan0219.jpg\" width=\"204\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roger-glass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Scan0219.jpg 319w, https:\/\/roger-glass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Scan0219-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Tubman biography, \u201cBound for the Promised Land,\u201d says this about the club&#8217;s care for Tubman when she was \u201cpenniless and ill\u201d at about 90 years old: \u201cThrough the efforts of Mary Talbert (the group\u2019s president), the Empire State Women\u2019s Clubs also helped raise funds for Tubman\u2019s care\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The same biography also says this about Talbert\u2019s relationship with Tubman: \u201cMary Talbert recalled her last visit with Tubman, about a month before her death. Tubman grasped her hand as she was about to leave, urging her to \u2018tell the women to stand together for God will never forsake us.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My great grandmother, Addie Jackson (or Momma Addie), knew Harriet Tubman. At least I\u2019m pretty sure she did. Here\u2019s why I say that. 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