A statue of Harriet Tubman was installed at John Brown Farm in Lake Placid earlier this week and will be unveiled at 2 pm on Friday. Tubman helped dozens of Black people escape slavery. During her ...

Harriet Tubman was barely 5 feet tall and didn’t have a dime to her name. What she did have was a deep faith and powerful passion for justice that was fueled by a network of Black and white ...

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 ...

(CNN) — A scout. A spy. A nurse. An advocate. These were just a few of the titles used to describe a renowned freedom fighter and former enslaved woman who spent her life fighting for others at a ...

BEAUFORT — Harriet Tubman set out from Beaufort aboard one of three Union gunboats on June 1, 1863, intent on freeing as many enslaved people as the troops, scouts and spies embarking with her could ...

CHURCH CREEK, Md. (AP) — Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was the first woman to oversee an American military action during a time of war, was posthumously awarded the rank of general on ...

As state public officials across the U.S. have tried to prohibit teaching about Black history, one woman in Indiana is fighting to keep Harriet Tubman’s legacy alive. Born and raised in Indiana, ...

A Treasury inspector general investigation into the delay was announced Monday. House Democrats on Thursday protested on the steps of the Treasury Department, rallying for a congressional measure that ...

WASHINGTON -- A National Park Service webpage about the Underground Railroad has been restored to its original state months after it was changed to remove abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman from the ...