Letters to Harriet Tubman
Jonathan Graham & Robin Echols-Cooper
- Arts Subject: Theater Art, Music
- Non-Arts Subject: Social Studies
- Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Program Types: In School Performance, Parents as Arts Partners
This two-character play is set on the porch of Tubman's home in Auburn, New York in 1902. The audience is regarded as a group of visitors who have come to reminisce with 82-year old Tubman as she recounts the heroic adventures of her life through story and song. Jeffrey Taylor, Jr. assists in telling her story and accompanies Tubman on accordion including traditional songs such as "Drinking Gourd," "Go Down Moses," and "Battle Hymn of the Republic."
