4 Revolutionaries Who Prove God Has Always Been At The Root Of Black Liberation

#1: Harriet Tubman

Tubman was injured after an overseer threw a weight, cracking her skull. After this,  Tubman often experienced dreamlike trances in which she received messages from God.

Tubman understood her existence as constantly moving between a physical and spiritual plane.

#2: Nat Turner

Turner led the most influential slave revolt within US history. Turner found God in the Bible and nature, and used these teachings to guide him.

After being captured Turner expressed no remorse, merely stated, “Was not Christ crucified[?]”

#3: Sam Sharpe

Enslaved Baptist Preacher Sam Sharpe secretly organized the Jamaican Slave Rebellion of 1831. The revolt started as a peaceful protest, becoming violent after enslavers refused to listen to the demands of the enslaved.

The fear the revolt instilled within the British eventually led to emancipation in Jamaica.

#4: Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. believed in non-violence and the power of love. But he also understood “radical love” required actions like defunding the police and military states and redistributing resources to our communities.

To not do so would mean “spiritual death” for our nation.

These four revolutionaries remind us we are capable of creating the type of world we want to see, and that God is always at the root of our liberation.

How do they inspire you to fight for the issues you care about?

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