{"id":34985,"date":"2016-04-22T00:05:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T03:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=34985"},"modified":"2016-11-24T21:42:41","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T00:42:41","slug":"harriet-tubman-christian-abolitionist-to-grace-20-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/22\/harriet-tubman-christian-abolitionist-to-grace-20-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Harriet Tubman: Christian Abolitionist to Grace $20 Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34986 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/harriet-tubman-1875.jpg\" alt=\"harriet-tubman-1875\" width=\"293\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/harriet-tubman-1875.jpg 686w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/harriet-tubman-1875-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/>The US Treasury Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.treasury.gov\/press-center\/press-releases\/Pages\/jl0436.aspx\">announced<\/a> this week that well-known abolitionist and conductor of the underground railroad Harriet Tubman would <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2016\/04\/20\/change-for-20-treasury-to-replace-jackson-with-tubman-on-bill.html?intcmp=hphz10\">replace Andrew Jackson<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/modernmoney.treasury.gov\/new-notes\">$20 bill<\/a> in 2020:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In being featured on the front of the $20 bill, Tubman will be the first African American on U.S. paper money ever, and the first woman in 100 years.<\/p>\n<p>Lew called it a \u201cpowerful message,\u201d and described Tubman\u2019s life as the \u201cessential story of American democracy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The praise of many &#8220;progressives&#8221; for the change is made amusing by the fact Tubman was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/history\/people\/activists\/harriet-tubman.html\">motivated by her Christian faith<\/a> &#8212; even to the point of breaking the law.<\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s society, <!--more-->many &#8220;liberals&#8221; would have branded her a theocrat and a subversive for her decision to uphold God&#8217;s law over man&#8217;s law.<\/p>\n<p>When &#8220;secular progressives&#8221; figure that out, do you think they&#8217;ll go after her as strongly as the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.treasury.gov\/about\/education\/Pages\/in-god-we-trust.aspx\">In God We Trust<\/a>&#8221; that has adorned the $20 bill for more than half a century?<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Treasury Department announced this week that well-known abolitionist and conductor of the underground railroad Harriet Tubman would replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill in 2020: In being featured on the front of the $20 bill, Tubman will be the first African American on U.S. paper money ever, and the first woman in 100 years. 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