Questions About John Brown

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The best person to respond to questions on Harriet Tubman would be Dr. Kate Clifford Larson, who wrote an excellent book on Ms. Tubman and spearheaded the movement for a National Park in Maryland to formally recognize the deeds of this mistress of the Underground Railroad. Kate is a member of this forum.

I believe that Tubman met with Brown on at least one occasion, and that she generally approved of his main principles, but probably not of his means of achieving those goals. There are references to Brown calling her Genl. Tubman because of her ability to lead people.

I think she did start out to recruit participants for him, but began to distrust him and probably would not have wanted any part of his plan to murder white folks (much like Douglass shied away from Brown). She was also very busy in doing Underground Railroad work, giving talks to abolitionists, etc.