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No!

No, no, no.

Mommy, no!

No!

Daddy!

Minty.

- John. - Hmm.

Least you remember my name.

I'm always scared you'll wake up from one of them spells and forget it.

Johnny. Johnny.

- Mm-hmm. - John...

Guess what I got, Minty-mine.

- Is it... - Is it...

Is it...

- Give it. - Oh, you want it?

- I want it. - Come and get it. Come and get it.

We got it. We got it.

- We got it. - Daddy, Daddy.

We got it. We got the letter.

Johnny, read it to me.

I don't need to. Got it remembered.

"I, Joshua Abrams,

having reviewed the original last will and testament of Atthow Pattison

of Dorchester County, Maryland..."

♪ Hold on ♪

♪ Keep your hand on the plow ♪

♪ Hold on ♪

♪ Wanna get to heaven I'm-a tell you how ♪

♪ Keep that hand on the gospel plow ♪

♪ Just keep that hand on the plow ♪

♪ Hold on ♪

♪ Hold on ♪

- ♪ Hold on ♪ - ♪ Hold on ♪

♪ Hold on ♪

- ♪ Hold on ♪ - ♪ Keep that ♪

♪ Hand on the plow ♪

♪ Hold on ♪

- Amen. - Amen.

I want y'all to hold on to some words from Colossians 3:22.

"Slaves, honor your earthly masters in everything.

And do it not only when their eyes are on you

and to curry their favor,

but do it with sincerity of heart

and reverence for the Lord."

Amen?

- Amen. - Amen.

Thank you, Reverend Green, for those wise words.

You folks enjoy your Sunday.

Cook has gravy for your corn pone tonight.

- Reverend. - Bless you.

You go on now.

Stay strong.

- So long. - Hey.

- I'm coming with you. - Robert, no.

- You too hot-headed. - I'm coming.

They beat you again, they gonna kill you.

- Now you go with Mary. - Mama...

- Go, get. Go on now. - Mary, go on.

Go on now.

Master Brodess, could I get a word?

Master Brodess, uh, I think you know Minty's husband John.

He work with me over at Thompson Mill.

Of course I know him. I let him marry her.

What's your point?

Me and Minty...

uh, we thinking about having a family.

And...

we want our babies born free.

So we hired a lawyer

that made it clear that...

You hired a lawyer.

Ben, what the hell is this nigger talking about?

Uh, well, sir, well,

what we're talking about is the last wishes

of your great-granddaddy Atthow Pattison.

He gave my wife Rit to your mama as a child,

but she's supposed to be freed at 45.

She 57 now.

Well, you got this will?

Got a letter from the lawyer, sir.

- He say it clear. - Hmm.

My mama was 46 when you sold my sisters.

Lawyer say that illegal.

We all supposed to be free when she turn 45.

My sisters is lost to us, but John and me, we...

we want our babies born free like they supposed to be.

Now, you listen here, girl.

Your daddy may be free and your husband, too,

but you and your mama

and your brothers and sister...

they belong to me... for life.

And your babies will belong to me

and their babies will belong to me.

Do you understand me?

You're the devil!

You're the devil, Edward Brodess!

You sold my daughters south where nobody know their name!

Come on, now. Come on.

- John. - My babies.

You and Ben ain't welcome here no more.

You stay away from my slaves.

Now get the hell off my damn porch.

Come on, now.

Come on.

Weren't for you, I would have sold that girl a long time ago.

My master an evil man, Lord!

You know he evil.

If you can't change his soul, take him!

Take him, Lord!

Strike my master down!

Lord don't listen to niggers, Minty.

Now, I've been telling you that since we were kids.

Since the time I had typhoid as a boy and Mama had you sittin' me.

The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes

was your little black face praying.

Scared the fever right out of me.

Now, I got used to your face.

But that praying...

always made my skin crawl.

What the hell were you thinking, hiring a lawyer?

You think Daddy would just let you all go free...

damn near half his property... just like that?

He warned me.

"Boy, having a favorite slave is like having a favorite pig.

You can feed it,

you can play with it, give it a name..."

"One day...

you might have to eat it or sell it.

You know it and the pig knows it.

And if you have to sell it, there's no more guilt

than separating piglets.

And if you have to eat it, you'll forget its name."

I hope one day I forget yours.

Come on home.

Come on, I said.

Edward!

Oh, God, Edward!

♪ Wanna get to heaven Let me tell you how ♪

♪ Keep your hand On the gospel plow ♪

♪ Keep your hand... ♪

Here lies our beloved brother, husband, father.

We put him to rest this day in remembrance...

♪ Hold on ♪

♪ Hold on ♪

♪ Keep your hand on the plow ♪

♪ Hold on... ♪

Bless us in the name of the Heavenly Father.

♪ If that plow stays in your hand ♪

♪ Take you straight To the promised land ♪

♪ Keep your hands on the plow ♪

- ♪ Hold on ♪ - ♪ Hold on ♪

♪ Hold on ♪

♪ Ohh ♪

♪ Hold on ♪

♪ Ohh ♪

♪ Keep your hands on the plow ♪

♪ Hold on ♪

Oh, John, John, John.

John, Johnny.

Johnny, I got to go, I got to go right now.

I know. We going. I'm coming with you.

- Okay? - John. John, you're free.

- Uh-uh. Uh-uh. - They catch you, they take your freedom.

I can't live with that.

You won't make it alone, Minty.

Who gonna protect you, you fall in one of them spells?

Who gonna be there when you wake up?

Now, you need me.

Wait for me by the gate.

I'm gonna say goodbye to my mama.

Okay, okay.

♪ When that fair old chariot comes ♪

♪ I'm gonna leave you ♪

♪ I'll meet you In the promised land ♪

♪ I'm gonna leave you ♪

♪ I'm sorry, I'm gonna leave you ♪

♪ Farewell, oh, farewell ♪

♪ But I'll meet you in the morning ♪

♪ Farewell, oh, farewell ♪

♪ But I'll meet you in the morning ♪

♪ Farewell, oh, farewell ♪

♪ When that Fair old chariot comes ♪

♪ I'm gonna leave you ♪

♪ I'm bound For the promised land ♪

♪ I'm gonna leave you ♪

- ♪ I'm sorry, I'm gonna leave you ♪ - ♪ Mmm ♪

♪ Farewell, oh, farewell ♪

- ♪ But I'll meet you in the morning ♪ - ♪ Mmm ♪

♪ Farewell, oh, farewell ♪

♪ I'll meet you in the morning ♪

♪ I'm bound for the promised land ♪

♪ On the other side of Jordan ♪

♪ Bound for the promised land ♪

♪ I'm sorry, I'm gonna leave you ♪

♪ Farewell, oh, farewell ♪

♪ But I'll meet you in the morning ♪

♪ Farewell, oh, farewell ♪

♪ Oh, I'll ♪

♪ Meet you in the morning ♪

♪ Farewell, oh, farewell ♪

♪ Oh, I'll meet you In the morning ♪

♪ Farewell, oh, farewell ♪

What you doing here, John?

You got no business here.

Just coming to see my wife is all, sir.

Sure is hard not being able to see her.

Now, you better get used to missing her.

Get on back to Thompson's.

Yes, sir.

Giddy! Giddy!

What is it?

Minty. She gone.

Stop right there, nigger.

Where is she?

- Where is she? - I told you, sir.

I was just coming to see her to kiss her good...

I don't want to look at you.

Want to say I ain't seen you.

But I see your heart.

Daddy, they gonna sell me downriver, where no one come back from.

I got to run.

Lookie here, girl.

You go to Reverend Green church.

Ask him to pray for your journey.

Daddy, Reverend Green always preaching obedience.

Do what I say.

Go to Reverend Green church.

Ask him to pray for your journey.

Yes, Daddy.

I'll be with you.

Go on, now.

I love you, Daddy.

I love you, too.

Who is it?

Minty. Ben Ross' daughter.

Girl, what you doing out here alone this time of night?

You done lost your mind. Come on.

My daddy say ask you to pray for my journey.

- You're the one with the spells. - Yes, sir.

And you intend to run.

They gonna sell me south,

away from my husband and family.

Which mean they motivated.

You money to them.

Unless word spread you run off.

Then you damaged goods.

They'll beat you, hobble you, or worse.

Now, you go alone,

you got about a hare's chance in a fox grove.

Slavers don't get you, then the copperheads

or the timber wolves will.

Can you even read, child?

Maybe nobody noticed you're gone. Maybe you, you sneak back fore daylight.

I ain't going back.

I want to be free.

There's not much time. It's near midnight.

You got to be miles away from here fore dawn.

Now, I need you to remember what I tell you.

- Can you do that? - Yes, sir.

Fear...

is your enemy.

Trust in God.

The North Star will guide you.

Follow that North Star.

If there are no stars, just follow the river.

If you can 't see the river, listen for it.

When the river split,

cross the high bridge o ver the rushing creek

and head straight north.

A fter a few days' time, Delaware River be on your right.

Follow that to Wilmington.

Look for a blacksmith and iron merchant named Thomas Garrett.

I'll send him word.

May God be with you, child.

I ain't seen her, sir.

I ain't looked on my daughter's face

since Master Brodess run us off.

Ben's an honest nigger, Gideon. He says he ain't seen her, he ain't.

This one knows something.

Caught him sniffing round the cabins when Minty ran off.

I told you.

I ain't seen her.

Nephew! Nephew!

This is uncalled for!

These men are my respected workers.

If your niggers helped my slave escape, I'm holding you responsible.

Dogs got a scent!

Let's go!

Come on!

This way!

Get on!

Minty!

Come on back peaceful.

Family's worried about you.

Your mama's crying.

Sister, too.

Come on home.

Thinking about jumping?

Suicide's a sin against God.

Against those that own you, too.

Whoa, whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Easy, now.

Easy, now.

Now, I've decided not to sell you after all.

Fact is, I'd miss you.

Now, you been there all my life...

like your mama was all my daddy's.

Daddy vowed never to sell your mama.

And I'm vowing...

never to sell you.

Now, you can come on back,

and I won't hurt you bad.

You can stay at home, stay with John,

stay with us.

Would you like that?

I'm gonna be free or die.

Goddamn it, Minty!

Whoa.

I know you're there.

You'd best get out now.

Sir?

You know a blacksmith around here name of Garrett?

Careful, girl.

You're half dressed.

Look half dead.

Anyone with eyes could see what you are.

The man you're looking for

is on the corner of 4th and Shipley.

No more than half a mile west of here.

Thank you, sir.

May I help thee, friend?

Sir...

you know a man named Reverend Green?

Yes, I do.

Whoa.

Here we are, friend. Pennsylvania border.

Shall I drive thee across

or would thee prefer to walk alone into freedom?

I walk with the Lord.

Philadelphia's 25 miles.

Find the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society

and ask for William Still.

This is his likeness.

So you'll know him when you see him.

Until we meet again, God bless thee.

God bless you, sir.

Please, sir.

I looking for the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society.

Corner of 5th and Arch Street. About half a mile down.

Don't be afraid.

There are plenty of us here in Philadelphia.

Walk like you got a right to, won't nobody pay you no mind.

Thank you.

May I help you?

Sir, are you Mr. William Still?

I am. And you are?

White man name of Garrett sent me.

All right.

Let's start with your full name and where you're from.

This book is full of slave histories.

I keep a record of most of the slaves that travel through Philadelphia.

Some I have to find, most find me.

My name is Araminta Ross Tubman.

Folk call me Minty.

Come from Dorchester County, Maryland.

Farm of Edward Brodess.

Edward Brodess is your master?

Massa Brodess dead.

His wife Miss Eliza own me and my family.

Not you.

Not anymore.

- So, where are the others? - Weren't no others.

Well, you know, you can trust me. I'm... I'm a friend.

Who... Who'd you make the journey with?

I left my husband and family.

It was just me and the Lord.

Well, I don't know if you know how extraordinary this is, but...

by some miraculous means,

you have made it 100 miles to freedom...

all by yourself.

Would you like to pick a new name to mark your freedom?

Most ex-slaves do. Any name you want.

They call my mama Rit,

but her name Harriet.

I want my mama name and my husband.

Harriet Tubman.

Harriet Tubman.

Did your master ever harm you physically?

Do you have wounds or scars from beatings?

Overseer cracked my head open

when I was about 13.

I was at the store with Massa's son Gideon.

Big brother Robert snuck off and followed us.

Didn't trust Massa Gideon alone with me.

Few minutes later, overseer bust in looking for Robert,

mad as a rabid hound.

Picked up a weight off a counter and hurled it at him,

except I stepped between 'em.

Cracked my skull right open.

They say I slept most of two months.

Next thing I remember was seeing my sisters sold.

Except I saw it before it happened.

Uh, wait. You, uh...

What do you mean you saw it before it happened?

Well, God showed me...

to prepare me, I guess.

But when it happened,

it hurt so bad,

worse than any beating,

worse than the hole in my head.

Hole in my head just...

made God's voice more clear.

Morning.

Almost there.

Morning.

Mr. Still.

Good afternoon.

Miss Buchanon, good afternoon.

Allow me to introduce you to Miss Harriet Tubman, a new arrival.

Harriet, this is Marie Buchanon.

She's a friend and the owner of this establishment.

Pleasure to meet you, Harriet.

Ma'am.

Well, I will leave her

in your very capable hands, Marie.

Ladies, good afternoon.

Come on in.

Come on.

The public rooms are on this floor.

This is the game room.

Say hello.

- Hello. - Hello.

And this is the parlor.

You are welcome here any time.

Yes, I'm a woman. Yes, I'm Negro.

And yes, I own this place.

My mama was freed after her master died.

She was pregnant with me and I was born and raised free,

right here in Philadelphia.

You can take the last room upstairs on the left.

And supper has already been served,

but I'll make you a plate.

But first you've got to take a bath.

You're stinking like an old barnyard animal.

There's a washtub in the kitchen.

I'll put some water on for you.

You was born free?

Yes.

Guess you never had the stink of fear.

Of running for your life.

I have not, Harriet.

I apologize.

Gonna go warm your stew.

If you need anything, just let me know.

So, you got a man?

My husband John.

He free like you.

He was gonna run with me, but...

I was scared if we get caught, they'd take his freedom.

So I left him.

But I wish he was here with me now.

Must've been hard on him when he...

when he found me gone.

The boatmen, they call them the black jacks,

they travel up and down the Delaware and Chesapeake Bay.

Maybe they can get word to him that you made it.

Thank you, ma'am.

Call me Marie.

You wash up good, 'cause tomorrow we're gonna get you a paying job.

Slow down, Harriet.

They don't pay us by the bushel.

- Hello, Miss Harriet. - Jasper.

- Any word from my family? - Yes, ma'am.

Brought some lumber from the Eastern Shore.

Your husband and family know you're safe.

My husband.

He send word back?

No, ma'am. No word.

Thank you.

It's not bad.

I know Mr. Beechem over on Pine.

I want you to take this around to him this afternoon.

Harriet, how are you?

I need your angels to help me get my husband and family.

Well, Harriet, that's... that's not how this works.

My angels are part of a sophisticated network,

not for your personal use.

Now, trust we're doing what we can for who we can.

But I feel something wrong, William.

I can't sleep. Please help me.

Listen, Harriet, uh...

our work has gotten a lot more dangerous.

Slave owners are getting frustrated with the amount of runaways.

Federal judges, marshals

and slave catchers are working together.

Even Congress is threatening to pass laws to appease the South.

If you won't help me, I'll go myself.

Harriet, wait a second. Wait a second, wait a second.

Harriet, I can't have you risking your life or this network

because you're lonely.

Rescuing slaves requires skill

and careful planning.

It requires reading, Harriet.

Can you read a sign or a map? Can you read at all?

I put my attention on trying to hear God's voice more clearly.

Do you know what would happen if you got caught?

They would torture you until you pointed them right to this office.

You got lucky, Harriet.

And there's nothing more you can do.

Don't you tell me what I can't do.

I made it this far on my own.

God was watching, but my feet was my own.

Running, bleeding, climbing,

nearly drowned, nothing to eat for days and days,

but I made it.

So don't you tell me what I can't do.

You don't know me.

I made up my mind. I'm going back.

Without my husband and my family, I'm just a stranger in a strange land.

If I'm free, they should be, too.

I'm gonna go get 'em,

one by one, starting with my husband.

I need a suit for him and a dress for me

so I can look like a free lady.

Marie.

Will you help me?

How do you do?

How do you do?

Good.

You were confident, composed,

wise enough to know not to look a strange white man in the eyes.

You don't want no trouble.

But if trouble comes...

you'll be ready.

Try it.

Yeah.

You'll be ready.

I'll put you in touch with a man who will sell you free papers.

They won't be yours, they're someone else's.

May not match your description exactly,

but they'll get something right.

Station is Dover, Delaware.

Dover, Delaware.

Hopefully, they won't read 'em too close.

They're more worried about Negroes heading north.

Runaways don't go south.

Hello, sir. How do you do?

Papers.

- Dessa Dixon? - Yes, sir.

Where were you born, Dessa?

Philadelphia.

July 18, 1824, of free issue.

Says here you're five-and-a-half feet tall.

You ain't more than five feet.

Must've worn my high boots that day.

Says you got a birthmark on your forehead.

That's correct, sir.

Thank you, sir.

Come on, now!

Straighten those rows.

"Dear Mr. Thompson."

No."Dear brother-in-law,

I hope you will accept this modest payment

on the debt owed you by my departed...

my dearly departed Edward.

Please accept the enclosed $7.50.

I hope to make another payment next month.

Your neighbor and sister-in-law,

Eliza Brodess."

We're gonna have to sell some slaves, Mama.

Our stature in this community is measured in Negroes.

We can't live like paupers.

Would you prefer to keep the slaves and sell the farm?

We can sell the Ross brothers.

I mean, Robert alone is worth 600 or 700.

If we sell Junyah and Henry, too, we can bring home maybe $1,600.

That will go a ways to paying off Daddy's debts.

You won't have to beg.

We can go on as we have.

With you unmarried and sleeping in brothels?

We'll go on as we have.

The others will just have to work harder to make up for the loss.

Negroes for sale.

All right, now.

Yes, sir.

♪ I'm sorry I had to leave you ♪

Minty?

Johnny.

Johnny, what they done to you?

One good eye is all I need to see you, girl.

You look good, Minty. You look good.

Why you back here?

It ain't safe.

I come to get you, bring you to freedom.

I got you a suit.

I've been living free in Philadelphia, but I can't live without you.

Ain't you happy to see me?

I heard you were drowned, Minty.

Never thought I'd see you again.

I sent you word. By the black jacks.

Time I heard you alive...

Mint...

I'm married.

I know you're married.

You're married to me.

I took another wife.

Took another wife?

Her name Caroline.

She free like me.

- She carrying our child. - Mm.

Another...

Another woman

carrying your child?

I thought you... I thought you loved me.

- I Io... - No.

Don't. Don't.

- Hey, hey. Hey. - No.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

I love you like...

I ain't loved nobody.

Not my own kin.

You left me, Minty.

You left me.

You went alone and left me.

And I prayed for you.

Gideon whipped the sight out of my eye.

And I prayed for you.

When I heard you jumped off that bridge

and I thought you were cold and dead,

caught in the river weeds like some animal...

I prayed for you.

You took another wife.

Go on, then.

Go on home.

Minty, you're not safe here.

You got to leave now.

Go on home!

I love you, Minty.

I love you.

I would've died for you.

Stop.

If you'd have let me.

Why, Lord?

I listen for your voice.

You told me to come, I came.

You... You led me here.

Why bring me all this way and rub mud in my face?

Why you let me live?

Minty.

Minty.

John told me you were here.

- Daddy. - Mm-hmm.

I ain't gonna look at you.

But you being here now, that's a miracle.

Daddy.

Araminta.

I got your brothers hiding in the corncrib.

Miss Eliza fixing to sell 'em.

They been in there waiting on Robert.

Mary's in labor,

and he won't leave till she deliver.

- Junyah. - Minty.

Oh.

Can't believe it's you.

Henry.

Minty.

Minty...

this my intended, Jane.

From Horatio Jones' farm.

Her massa been beating her bad.

She coming with us.

Phoebe asked to come, too.

She scared of being sold away from her baby.

My husband passed last spring. She all I got.

When I hear you made it to freedom, I name her Araminta.

She be good, I promise.

Your sister Rachel stole Miss Eliza's laudanum,

to keep her quiet.

Where is Rachel?

Where my sister?

Rachel too scared to run, Minty.

She say Miss Eliza got a hawk eye on her.

And Mama?

Rit, she with me.

Miss Eliza let me buy her freedom. She hadn't much use for her.

Rit ain't been right since she heard you done drowned.

I'll look after your mama. Don't you worry about us, now.

All right.

I only planned for one more,

not all of you and a baby, too.

It's late. Y'all got to get going. I'll send Robert on.

Go on, now.

Robert. Thank God.

Minty.

How's Mary?

We got ourselves a baby girl.

I set her on her mama's breast and I kissed her goodbye.

You had to leave 'em,

free or in chains.

You chose freedom.

You come for John.

I thought I come for him.

I see now I come for all of you.

Ain't but a few hours of dark left now.

If y'all going, y'all needs to get.

Get going.

You follow your sister.

- I love you, Daddy. - Go ahead, now.

I'll be with you.

Daddy, come with us.

Me and your mama will be just fine.

I ain't going nowhere till all my children free.

Go on, now, get.

Go on.

I ain't seen none of you.

Minty, I don't like this.

Reverend say there a special place in hell for runaways.

I don't trust him.

You trust me?

- Yeah. - Yeah.

Girl.

It's good to see you.

- Heard you'd come back. - Mm.

Almost didn't believe it.

You, lift this for me.

You'll wait out the day down there.

Word spread.

Oh!

Find them, goddamn it!

Ma, what is it?

We had five slaves run off.

Five slaves. Over $2,000.

The whole farm ain't worth but 5,000.

We got a rat in our pantry,

and it will starve us if we don't trap it and kill it!

Rachel!

Yes'm.

Don't you "yes'm" me, you black bitch.

Your brothers run off.

What's your part in this, girl?

I don't know nothing, I swear.

I don't even know what you saying. Who run off?

I will snap your neck.

I don't know nothing, I swear.

Foxx, take these two pickaninnies to market and sell 'em.

Yes, sir.

No. 'Twas Minty. It's Minty.

Liar.

Minty's dead.

She alive. She come back.

Niggers' tales.

Like haints in the marsh. She lying.

I hope it's true.

Good Lord, I hope it is.

Foxx, round up some men and meet me out at Poplar Neck.

I'll deal with you when I get back.

The hell is wrong with you, boy? Out of my way.

You looking for some runaways, sir?

What do you know about it?

This here your notice, right?

Runaway slave.

Short, strong,

a dent in her head.

Where'd you see her?

Take you there for a dollar.

Now, I'm a tracker.

I know which way they headed, and I can help you find 'em.

A tracker, you say?

That and lots more.

Got skills right down the alphabet, till you get to "scout" and "tracker."

Work for wages, though. Ain't no slave.

Well, how 'bout you tell me which way they headed

or I shoot the nose off your face?

East from Poplar Neck.

Now, I know Bigger Long!

Best slave catcher round here.

But hard to get.

Ill-tempered and expensive.

- You know Bigger Long? - We practically kin.

Hangs out in places you wouldn't be seen, sir.

But I know where to find him.

Now, you find Bigger Long,

you tell him to meet me out at Poplar Neck,

and there'll be something in it for you.

Last night,

five of my best slaves run off.

That's three bucks and a female, with foal.

And I will pay $300

for their return,

alive...

and unharmed.

And I want the girl that's leading 'em, too.

I don't want no harm to come to her by nobody's hands but mine.

I get 200.

They can split the rest.

Two hundred dollars?

What's an ugly bastard like you gonna buy with $200?

Enough white whores to last me till Lent.

Well, then you better be as good as they say.

Good boy.

Uh-huh.

They coming right to us.

Bigger's driving them from behind.

Other two gots the roads covered.

Ain't no place to go but right here.

Well, we'll be waiting for 'em.

Don't let 'em out of sight.

What's wrong with her?

She praying. Minty peculiar that way.

What we supposed to do, wait?

She our leader. Get her up.

Don't touch her.

- She talking to God. - They coming.

We got to go.

We can't go this way.

There's danger.

God say which way we can go?

Left.

What now?

We cross.

- I can't swim. - Me, neither.

Robert, carry the baby.

Issac, help Miz Lucy.

And, Junyah, help Jane.

This fool trying to drown us.

Minty, you done gone full crazy.

We got an old woman and a baby with us.

No, we ain't going in that river. Come on, y'all.

I say we are.

Now, you be free or die.

I ain't leave my wife and my family

to drown like no rat.

You want to shoot me? Hmm?

Go ahead.

If she drown, who gon' lead us?

She the only one know the way to freedom land.

I wants to see freedom land fore I die.

I'll lead you.

To the bridge. Follow me.

Come on, now. Come on.

Come on!

Come on.

Oh, my God.

Oh.

Heavenly Father.

Rivers of living water

flow through me.

Lord, help me cross.

Lead me through.

Oh.

What happened?

I lost them.

Lost them?

They disappeared in the fog first...

You fucked up, nigger.

Oh, God.

- Minty, I... - That baby girl Araminta...

you call her Minty.

You call me Harriet from now on.

That's my freedom name.

I'm Harriet Tubman,

leader of this group.

We do what I say.

Oh, excellent.

Uh, what I really...

Harriet.

Are... Are these...

My friends and family.

Freedom-seeking slaves.

I went down south and brought 'em back.

God showed me the way.

His wife is a free woman.

Big with his child.

John didn't want my babies.

Couldn't bear the thought of 'em growing up...

being slaves.

Harriet,

you are so far beyond any man I have ever met.

So far beyond.

What's a man to a woman touched by God?

You making fun of me, Marie?

No, not whatsoever.

But I do have questions.

You say that God's voice guides you.

What's that like?

Sometime it sting.

- Like a smack in the face. - Mm.

Other time it's soft.

Like a dream.

Fly off soon as you woke.

Seem like I learned to see and hear God

like some learn to read a book.

Hmm.

I put all my attention on it.

Act without question.

Fore I can wonder...

if I even heard it at all.

- Fore I can understand what it mean. - Mmm.

I thought God...

wanted me to go get my husband.

John was just a way to steer me to where I was needed.

There I was with a suit and no husband.

- I felt a fool. - He's the fool.

God have other plans for me, Mr. Still.

I'm beginning to understand that.

Which is why I'm bringing you here.

Evening, Martin.

Evening, Mr. Still.

Who are these people?

This is the Committee.

The organizers and officers of the Underground Railroad,

dedicated to helping slaves escape bondage.

No one sees this.

Only the initiated.

Ladies and gentlemen.

May I present to you a most extraordinary woman,

Mrs. Harriet Tubman.

Harriet escaped from slavery herself only a year ago,

and she's already gone back to liberate others.

She brought back nine souls, lost none.

In recognition of her bravery and skill,

we welcome her to the Committee

as a conductor on the Railroad.

What's a conductor?

A conductor accompanies slaves

or passengers to safe houses or stations

run by stationmasters.

♪ Go down, Moses ♪

♪ Way down in Egypt land... ♪

The bravest conductors steal slaves

directly from the plantation,

right under the overseer's nose.

♪ Let my people go ♪

They have the hardest jobs.

♪ Oh, sinnerman Where you gonna run to? ♪

♪ Sinnerman Where you gonna run to? ♪