Gen. Rufus Saxton wrote that he bore “witness to the value of her services… She was employed in the Hospitals and as a spy [and] made many a raid inside the enemy’s lines displaying remarkable courage ...
Harriet Tubman is perhaps the most well-known of all ... telling them, "You'll be free or die." By 1856, Tubman's capture would have brought a $40,000 reward from the South. On one occasion ...
As a conductor on the Underground Railroad it is estimated that Tubman freed around 70 enslaved people. Harriet Tubman (far left), with a group of former slaves whose escape she assisted Tubman ...
As a conductor on the Underground Railroad it is estimated that Tubman freed around 70 enslaved people. Harriet Tubman (far left), with a group of former slaves whose escape she assisted Tubman ...
Harriet Tubman was a spy and a nurse for the Union ... drawing on her experiences in the fight against slavery. She died in 1913, aged 91, surrounded by her family.
She confessed to almost two dozen murders of black kidnap victims and died while awaiting trial in prison. 8 Charlotte Jenkins, like Harriet Tubman, was a runaway slave who later nursed the sick ...
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 ...