Harriet Tubman is perhaps the most well-known of all the Underground Railroad's "conductors." During a ten-year span she made 19 trips into the South and escorted over 300 slaves to freedom.

National Museum of African American History and Culture Albumen print of Harriet Tubman National Museum of African American History and Culture Carte-de-visite portrait of Harriet Tubman National ...

In 2000, three years after the Maryland State Highway Administration renamed a stretch of Route 50 for Harriet Tubman, an artist painted her portrait there; in 2008, vandals spray-painted over it.

She knew how to read the character of the people she met ... and “Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero” (One World/Ballantine, 2004).

While her activities as a Civil War spy are less well known, her devotion to America and its promise of freedom endured ...

Cooley Law School. She also co-hosts Genealogy Roadshow on PBS. In this blog post, Berry discusses the history of Harriet Tubman and how Charlotte Jenkins channels her strength in Mercy Street. .

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 ...

Based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, Harriet tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of ...