While many enslaved people tried to escape when what's formally known as "chattel slavery" was legal in the United States, ...
On a recent Friday afternoon, I was standing in the center of Woodmere Art Museum’s Charles Knox Hall, at the “Soul, Sound, ...
The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historic Park is the “must go” trip to add to your travel agenda. The Tubman site originally opened in March 2017, in Church Creek, Md. through a ...
For over 50 years, Tubman called New York’s Finger Lakes region home, a place where she lived, worked, worshiped, and continued her fight for freedom. New York is commemorating the legacy of freedom ...
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.
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 ...
CAMBRIDGE, Md. - On the 176th anniversary of her first attempt to escape slavery, Harriet Tubman’s descendants joined state and local leaders Wednesday afternoon to unveil a new historical marker ...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — As the New Haven Museum celebrates the Connecticut Freedom Trail throughout September, University of Connecticut professor Deirdre Cooper Owens discusses her studies of ...
Enshrined in bronze, Harriet Tubman looks forth with determination as she steps across the Pennsylvania state line. Behind her, a fearful young girl her holds tightly onto Tubman’s arm, the shackles ...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A community engagement session took place in Rochester Monday for a proposed historic byway. The “Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway” aims to document the journey of Tubman ...
John Dunphy Telegraph readers will recall that just last month I was privileged to meet and talk with President Thomas Jefferson, thanks to Colonial Williamsburg reenactor Kurt Smith. Last Sunday, I ...