Another fun day in the Lone Star State.  We did a little shopping, had lunch by the lake and visited a elderly friend in her new home.  Drank chocolate wine and watched Dancing with the Stars to seal the evening off.    Just a great day with friends who are very much like family.

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer.  Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”  Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross; circa 1822 – March 10, 1913) was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the American Civil War. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made about thirteen missions to rescue approximately seventy enslaved family and friends,^[1] using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.  She later helped John Brown recruit men for his raid on Harpers Ferry, and in the post-war era struggled for women’s suffrage. ”  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman

“I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can’t say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.“

“Tubman had made the perilous trip to slave country 19 times by 1860, including one especially challenging journey in which she rescued her 70-year-old parents. Of the famed heroine, who became known as “Moses,” Frederick Douglass said, “Excepting John Brown — of sacred memory — I know of no one who has willingly encountered more perils and hardships to serve our enslaved people than [Harriet Tubman].”

“I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.”

“Lord, I’m going to hold steady on to You and You’ve got to see me through.” Harriet Tubman

Google find us some historical African-American Collectibles:

Eighties Handmade  Carribean Black Doll … $18

Resin rural African American couple shelf sitters $26

My First Barbie African American Doll Ballerina $28

VERY RARE  African American Beautiful Lady figurine $85

Vintage Alex Haley “Remembers Collection” Figurines From $150 – $200

“I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.”

SHE DID OVERCOME!

Please have a wonderful day.