⁍ Rapper Kanye West ranted against historical figure Harriet Tubman on Sunday.
⁍ He said the Underground Railroad conductor ‘never actually freed the slaves, she just had them work for other white people’
West delivered a lengthy monologue, touching on topics from abortion and religion to international trade and licensing deals.
– Rapper Kanye West, in his first event since declaring himself a presidential candidate, ranted against historical figure Harriet Tubman on Sunday, saying the Underground Railroad conductor “never actually freed the slaves, she just had them work for other white people.” West delivered a lengthy monologue, touching on topics from abortion and religion to international trade and licensing deals, before a crowd in North Charleston, SC, the AP reports. Tubman is one of the most respected figures of 19th century America. An African American who escaped slavery, she helped enslaved Black men and women travel north to freedom and fought for the Union during the Civil War. She later became a supporter of women’s suffrage.
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