The new Netflix biopic Harriet details the story of Harriet Tubman, a Black woman who escaped from slavery and then devoted her life to helping others find freedom on the Underground Railroad in the ...

Few figures in American history have the legacy of Harriet Tubman. Her life has come to represent courage, faith, and an unwavering commitment to freedom. Born into slavery in the early nineteenth ...

Most Americans know Harriet Tubman as the fearless conductor of the Underground Railroad—but few know she led the largest liberation of enslaved people in U.S. military history. A new exhibition at ...

When Harriet Tubman’s name is mentioned, most people visualize a solemn woman who single-handedly worked to free hundreds of slaves. She is one of the most celebrated heroes in Black history and yet ...

Considering she will soon adorn America’s $20 bill, Harriet Tubman hardly lacks in national significance. But even the nation’s most celebrated historic figures can remain elusive and unknown. A new ...

Auburn, New York, is home to several important historic sites connected to Harriet Tubman’s life after she found freedom. Each site offers a different perspective, revealing Tubman not only as a ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. National Book Award-winning author Tiya Miles explores the history and mythology of a remarkable woman in "Night Flyer: ...

Tiya Miles’s Night Flyer is a landmark biography of one of 19th-century America’s most important figures. Harriet Tubman in 1868 or 1869. Every American seems to know the name and even story of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rita Daniels didn't always know she was the great-great-great-grandniece of Harriet Tubman. In fact, a 9-year-old Daniels had no ...

A portrait of Harriet Tubman (ca. 1820-1913). Tubman, herself an escaped slave, helped hundreds of slaves escape the South by means of the Underground Railroad. She nursed Union troops during the ...

In January, Willie Phillips of the Laguna Woods African American Heritage Club bought 104 tickets to the play “The Spirit of Harriet Tubman” and chartered two buses to take residents to the one-night ...