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 ...

MDOT HAS FOUND A WAY TO SHARE WHAT THEY’VE LEARNED FROM ARTIFACTS PERTAINING TO HARRIET TUBMAN WITH THE WORLD. THIS IS A COLLECTION FROM BEN ROSS’S HOME PLACE. DOCTOR JULIE CZAPLICKI IS MDOT’S CHIEF ...

Desert Dance Theatre presents its annual Black History Month homage to the great Tubman, who helped to free the slaves via the Underground Railroad.

The Harriet Tubman experience in Auburn has expanded. Thompson Memorial AME Zion Church, which Tubman attended in the later years of her life, has been added to the National Park System. It’s where ...

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 ...

Stephen Towns, "Wade in the Water" (2020), natural and synthetic fabric, polyester and cotton thread, crystal glass beads (photo courtesy the Gibbes Museum of Art; all other photos Megan ...

The Life -- The Slavery Years -- Underground Railroad Years -- The War Years -- Postwar Years In Auburn -- The Later Years -- Coping With Poverty -- The Life Stories -- Harriet Tubman's Practices as a ...

A new historical marker honoring Harriet Tubman was unveiled in Maryland on September 17, 2025. The updated sign corrects inaccuracies about Tubman's birthplace and the number of people she freed.

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 ...