Harriet Tubman was an escaped African American slave who helped to organize the Underground Railroad and who led dozens of other African Americans from enslavement in the Southern United States to freedom in the Northern states and Canada. The life of Harriet Tubman is the subject of the television miniseries "A Woman Called Moses," which is based on her story. The production had Orson Welles providing the narration, and it was shown on the NBC television network on December 11 and December 12 in 1978. Cicely Tyson, who won an Emmy Award and was nominated for an Academy Award, played the role of Tubman.
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Harriet Tubman was an escaped African American slave who helped to organize the Underground Railroad and who led dozens of other African Americans from enslavement in the Southern United States to freedom in the Northern states and Canada. The life of Harriet Tubman is the subject of the television miniseries "A Woman Called Moses," which is based on her story. The production had Orson Welles providing the narration, and it was shown on the NBC television network on December 11 and December 12 in 1978. Cicely Tyson, who won an Emmy Award and was nominated for an Academy Award, played the role of Tubman.
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