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On the recordMay 10, 2011
Harriet Tubman was a true American patriot. She was someone for whom liberty and freedom were not just concepts.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Gillibrand honors Tubman's legacy as a patriot who embodied liberty and freedom.

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