American abolitionist Harriet Tubman, standing with her hands resting on the back of an upholstered chair and facing the camera with a calm expression, likely photographed in Auburn, New York, 1875. Gado via Getty Images
I have not been able to shake what I saw in the now viral clip of a scene from “Harriet Tubman: Love Slave,” a play helmed by Terrell M. Green that focuses on the first 27 years of Tubman’s life.
The play is described as “a bold, rap-poetic musical remix of history, reimagining the young Harriet before she became ‘The Moses of Her People,’” diving into “the untold love story between Harriet and her first husband, John Tubman — the man who ghosted her when she chose freedom over fear.” “Harriet Tubman: Love Slave” wrapped a run at the Long Beach Playhouse Theater in January and is playing in Los Angeles during the last week of Fe
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