When I think of Harriet Tubman, the image that always comes to mind is the fearless “Moses of her people,” leading enslaved ...

The courage, strength and legacy of abolitionists Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass will be on full display this month. Two separate PBS documentaries, co-produced by Maryland Public Television ...

A National Park Service web page on the Underground Railroad was temporarily edited to remove references to abolitionist and former slave Harriet Tubman, with the exception of an image of a stamp with ...

In 1863, abolitionist Harriet Tubman guided a raid that liberated nearly 760 enslaved people working on rice plantations along the Combahee River, near Beaufort, South Carolina. Dr. Edda Fields-Black, ...

Harriet Tubman has been the subject of operas, multiple movies and two U.S. postage stamps, and now efforts are underway to designate a 500-mile stretch of New York State in her honor. The Harriet ...

Following public backlash, the National Park Service restored a webpage about the Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman that sanitized some historical facts. But critics of the Trump ...

In efforts to sustain the legacy of Harriet Tubman, the legendary abolitionist’s great-great-great grandniece Enerstine Tina Wyatt has made it her personal mission to spread the true history of her ...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND — Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park is hosting a legend in the New Year. On Dec. 19, the park on Hilton Head Island unveiled "The Journey to Freedom," a 9-foot bronze statue of ...

Harriet Tubman in a carte de visite photograph (c. 1868-69), albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount, 3 11/16 × 2 1/4 in. (9.4 × 5.7 cm) (image), 3 15/16 × 2 7/16 in. (10 × 6.2 cm) ...

In the spring of last year, I traveled down to Green Pond, S.C., where I grew up, to hear a historian talk about her new book. I don’t usually make three-hour drives for history lectures, but the ...

The effort to feature Tubman on the redesigned $20 bill is still ongoing, with a new note expected to be issued in 2030. The U.S. Mint has unveiled a series of commemorative coins honoring the iconic ...