Canada was certainly an additional option for the many traveling the treacherous terrain of the Underground Railroad in pursuit of what was perceived as “freedom.”
AISHA HINDSI almost believe that Harriet Tubman asked God for a leave like, “I’m gonna need to go back down there and take care of some things. They’re in trouble.”
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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One or the other she was going to have by any means necessary.
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The second season of Underground does explore Canada’s role in providing a welcoming place for the thousands who were in danger of being captured and returned to their owners, and those who escaped by way of rerouting beyond the American borders.
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I was literally reduced to basic breath and blinks while she inhabited my vessel and told her story through me.
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A space where the conversation surrounding the issues in our country is offering a seat at the table to all the voices to be heard, a murder mystery, and grassroots look at our own humanity as we move through the parts and pieces of the story.
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Once the Fugitive Slave Act took effect, the Northern states were no longer safe for those who managed to escape from being enslaved.
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There will be a wealth of facts revealed and revisited in [Underground] pertaining to Harriet Tubman.
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But truthfully, we have so many stories, lives and subjects to explore that I’d love to keep pushing towards new knowledge.
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Harriet Tubman is the perpetuation of a “Super Soul Sunday” every day.
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Understanding that what it is that you’re doing isn’t limited to the roles and the rejection, it’s bigger than that, it’s about your purpose in life.
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I became an instant fan of the show [Underground] seconds into the opening frames of the pilot.
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That is a huge part of my excitement, the fact that this generation will get such a beautifully-detailed introduction to a hero and icon that has largely lived in a few pages of our history books and in one-dimensional photographs.
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When that drone shot carried us through the main house with Rosalie, played so unflinchingly-brilliantly by Jurnee Smollett Bell, I signed on for the ride.
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An opportunity to honor the legacy of the lives drawn into the lines in my face, the broad of my nose.
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The masterful work of the DP [Director of Photography] Kevin McKnight and his crew, and the layers and depths each actor goes to to ensure we the audience feel a human connection to these characters led me to sign my name on the dotted line.
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It was also incredibly serendipitous that I would later learn I shared a birthday with Whoop [Goldberg ].
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