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A graphic novel blending supernatural action with the true life of Harriet Tubman
Now here’s a Kickstarter after my own heart.
Harriet Tubman: Demon Slayer
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When an enemy killed her husband, this Apache woman broke the rules of her tribe to get revenge - and in so doing, became one of her tribe's greatest heroes.
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When the Portuguese took the throne from her, this Angolan queen made a new one: out of her own servant. She then fled to the jungle, conquered a tribe of cannibals, and waged war on the Portuguese for so long that they gave up and left.
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