Few people have made such a powerful imprint on American history as Harriet Tubman did. A former enslaved person, Tubman became an abolitionist, humanitarian and leader of the Underground Railroad, ...
WASHINGTON — Harriet Tubman etched her place in history while traversing long distances and guiding runaway slaves to freedom. But historians also credit the Maryland native as being the first female ...
Tubman’s work didn’t end with the Underground Railroad. As a nurse in the Union Army and a spy against the Confederacy, she continued to fight for freedom. William H. Johnson based his portrait of ...
On a snowy trip to Rochester and Auburn, N.Y., a writer explores the cities that Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman called home. By Shayla Martin Memphis. Atlanta. Birmingham. There are certain ...