Tubman House Center For Reparative Justice is a grassroots collective dedicated to creating a voice for the unheard. The center advocates for the struggle of lineage based reparations and the right to self determination of the American Freedmen community. We promote political education to eradicate co-optation and raise the awareness of activities surrounding the modern day reparations campaign. Our goal is to foster community control of our justice claim with information in order to take action. “Tubman Led Us, Callie Tasked Us”
Tubman House Political Line
(The Radical Freedmen Tradition)
Tubman Led Us
“I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.” - Harriet Tubman
The legacy of Harriet Tubman continues in the modern movement for reparations. She was born enslaved on a plantation in Maryland in roughly 1820. Harriet chose to liberate herself from enslavement in 1849. She freed an estimated 70-300 people while working with the Underground Railroad and serving as a scout for the Union Army in the Civil War. Despite this, Tubman was paid $200 by the government for three years of service. She played an active role in liberation and never left her people behind. In her later life she used a majority of her money to help fund a home for eldery formerly enslaved American Freedmen. Reparative justice requires Harriet Tubman’s level of lifelong dedication and active participation. Harriet Tubman's life is a case study for lineage based reparations. She led us to freedom and died poor while financially helping her people until the end of her life. Reparations is a debt that is owed. The Tubman House Center For Reparative Justice answers the call that Harriet Tubman received. We call to action the American Freedmen community to participate in our liberation with the same undying love for our people.