The celebrated Underground Railroad conductor received posthumous recognition for her service as a spy, scout, nurse and cook ...

Harriet Tubman ... By 1856, Tubman's capture would have brought a $40,000 reward from the South. On one occasion, she overheard some men reading her wanted poster, which stated that she was ...

While many learned about Tubman's work freeing enslaved people, her sophisticated military service often goes untold in ...

Harriet Tubman, the abolitionist who helped thousands escape the bonds of enslavement, has been posthumously awarded the rank ...

Abolitionist and Underground Railroad leader Harriet Tubman ... a "great day" for Maryland but for the entire U.S. Tubman, ...

More than 160 years after Harriet Tubman led Union troops on a raid on Combahee Ferry in South Carolina, freeing more than ...

Harriet Tubman escaped from brutal slave owners in 1849 and risked her life to help bring many more enslaved Americans to freedom via the Underground Railroad; this park a testament to her remarkable ...

The last time a portrait on a bill was changed was in 1929, when Alexander Hamilton was placed on the front of the $10 bill, replacing Jackson. Jackson was elevated to the $20 bill in 1928 ...

Almost a decade after the announcement that Harriet Tubman will be the new face of the $20 bill, we’re still getting Jacksons every time we hit the ATM. Surprised? The U.S. Mint recently ...

She escaped from a slave plantation in 1849, fleeing north to the neighbouring state of Pennsylvania. How Harriet Tubman escaped slavery and then helped others to do so. In the years that followed ...

Harriet Tubman ... By 1856, Tubman's capture would have brought a $40,000 reward from the South. On one occasion, she overheard some men reading her wanted poster, which stated that she was ...

A new series dramatizes Edwin Stanton's hunt for John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators in the aftermath of the president’s 1865 assassination Vanessa Armstrong Can recreating photographs ...