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Leaders and Liberators: Harriet Tubman and her Columbia Connections
Sun, Jun 21
|Saint Paul Episcopal Church
Step into a powerful imagined conversation as Harriet Tubman, Reverend Stephen Smith, and William Whipper come to life in Leaders & Liberators—a moving benefit performance honoring freedom, courage, and legacy.
Time & Location
Jun 21, 2026, 5:00 PM
Saint Paul Episcopal Church, 340 Locust St, Columbia, PA 17512, USA
About the event
Tickets are $25/person, which can be purchased here.
THE STORY OF AN IMAGINED CONVERSATION AT CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
The public is invited to a benefit performance of Leaders and Liberators: Harriet Tubman and her Columbia Connections at Saint Paul Episcopal Church, 340 Locust Street on Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 5 PM.
A dramatic reading of an original script, Leaders and Liberators portrays an imagined meeting on July 4, 1872 in Cape May, New Jersey between Harriet Tubman and two abolitionist allies from Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the Reverend Stephen Smith and William Whipper. These three influential leaders of the Underground Railroad movement were courageous conductors and agents who led hundreds to freedom through the anti-slavery network of the Underground Railroad, from the 1830s through the 1850s.
Portraying Harriet Tubman will be Raquel Richardson. The part of William Whipper will be presented by the Reverend Eric Jackson. Nelson Polite, Jr. will…