Episodes

  • Part 7: The Rescue of Charles Nalle

    Part 7: The Rescue of Charles Nalle
    Jul 19 2023

    In this episode Colin breaks down perhaps Harriet Tubman's most bold rescues that just proves she is the GOAT.

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    7 mins
  • Part 6: A Friendship with John Brown

    Part 6: A Friendship with John Brown
    Jul 19 2023
    Colin takes a closer look at Harriet and John Brown's fated friendship and how his demise would inspire the second phase of her career as a liberator, a spy and Civil War soldier.

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    5 mins
  • Part 5: Harriet, The Moses of her People

    Part 5: Harriet, The Moses of her People
    Dec 23 2022
    Harriet goes back for her aging parents, gets a fitting nickname from a notable abolitionist and befriends two powerhouse figures in the fight for liberation, one famous and one infamous.

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    4 mins
  • Part 4: Going Back

    Part 4: Going Back
    Nov 2 2022
    In this episode we learn of Harriets first trip back into slave territory and an unexpected encounter with her husband in Maryland.

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    4 mins
  • Part 3: Freedom In Philadelphia

    Part 3: Freedom In Philadelphia
    Oct 3 2022
    Harriet gets her first taste of Freedom, then her calling to re enter slave territory to save a family member launches her legendary career as a liberator.

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    4 mins
  • Part 2: The Underground Railroad

    Part 2: The Underground Railroad
    Sep 23 2022
    Colin Harden talks with Historian Philip Bernard Smith about Harriets 90 mile trek on foot to Philadelphia and the help she received along the way.

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    5 mins
  • Part 1: Her First Journey

    Part 1: Her First Journey
    Sep 17 2022
    On this day, 1849 Araminta Ross, or Harriet Tubman as we know her, would take her first journey to freedom; but did you know she didn’t start the journey alone? Listen to episode one of Hermit House’s inaugural podcast making the case that Harriet Tubman is the greatest American hero in our country’s history.

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    4 mins