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Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c. March 1822 [1] – March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and social activist. [2] [3] After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, [4] using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad.
A photograph of escaped slave, abolitionist and Union spy Harriet Tubman acquired by the Smithsonian is displayed before a June 2015 hearing of the House Administration Committee in the Longworth ...
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Exhibits about the history of slavery and opponents including John Brown and President Abraham Lincoln; and the American Civil War that ended it. The Struggle Continues, an exhibit portrays continuing challenges faced by African Americans since the end of slavery, struggles for freedom in today's world, and ways that the Underground Railroad ...
Every Black History Month and Juneteenth, pioneers in African American history are often mentioned like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Muhammad Ali and Harriet Tubman. They are revered ...
Harriet Tubman made over 10 trips to guide her relatives and others to freedom.
Tubman's commemorative plaque in Auburn, New York, erected 1914. Harriet Tubman (1822–1913) [1] was an American abolitionist and social activist. [2] [3] After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, [4] using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman, who had escaped from slavery in 1849 and guided many others to freedom, led an expedition of 150 African American soldiers of the 2nd South Carolina Infantry. [4] The Union ships rescued and transported more than 750 former slaves freed five months earlier by the Emancipation Proclamation , many of whom joined the Union Army.