The Freedom Song: Harriet Tubman’s Barred Owl Call
Tubman used a bird call as a signal to freedom seekers.
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Show Notes
Harriet Tubman was a heroic abolitionist in the cause to end chattel slavery. She was also an excellent astronomer and naturalist — and an expert birder. She mastered the hoot of the Barred Owl, using it as a signal throughout the Underground Railroad to let freedom seekers know she had arrived.
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