After a traumatic event, Harriet Tubman suffered from seizures. But during these spells, she claimed to receive visions and messages from God.

February 6, 2026 | Newsbreak

By Miles Brucker | Newsbreak

The American Emancipator

The people called her Moses. Like the Old Testament patriarch, she led an enslaved people out of bondage. The mysterious spells she suffered, replete with visions, brought a sense of spiritual urgency to her work, and only added to the belief that Tubman was on a mission from God. Tubman spent her whole life—nearly 100 years—working to improve the lives of society’s most marginalized people. She freed thousands, she said, “but could have freed a thousand more, if they only knew they were slaves.”

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