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Don't be afraid of where you come from and don't be afraid of where you're going.
—Harriet Tubman in Duke

Harriet Tubman (born "Araminta Ross") was an African-American slave abolitionist. Her ghost resigns in the attic of The Ellington House. A young Duke Ellington used to seek moral guidance from her, when he was still alive. She appeared in "Duke".

Biography[]

In "I Survived Jessi's Bat Mitzvah", Harriet Tubman was one of the cardboard cutouts at Jessi's feminist bat mitzvah.

In "Duke", a young (and still alive) Duke Ellington went into his attic, which was haunted by her ghost and sought advice from her on whether to leave his family or pursue his dreams of becoming a musician. Harriet Tubman told him the story of how she escaped from slavery at the Mason-Dixon line to show him just how minute his struggles really are but Duke just compared his situation to her's and this really pissed her off. Harriet called Duke a narcissist and admitted that this was actually a good quality if he wanted to become a musician. Overall, Harriet just gave him some very sound advice; "Don't be afraid of where you come from and don't be afraid of where you're going." and overall, "Just be yourself." Duke thanked her for this and left but Harriet was still pissed off about the slavery comparison and yelled at him, when he went down the stairs, that he looked like a baby doll.

Trivia[]

  • She is the first character in the show to use "The N-Word", calling Duke Ellington a "house n*gga", because of how privileged he was to compare his minor issues to her being enslaved.
  • In the lore of the show, Harriet Tubman was originally going to replace notorious slave owner, Andrew Jackson on the $20 dollar bill until Trump got elected and changed it so that it would instead be Papa John.
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