Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist and social activist. After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, usin
Tubman, c. 1868/1869
A notice offering a reward of US$100 (equivalent to $3,870 in 2025) each for the capture and return of "Minty" (Harriet Tubman) and her brothers Henry and Ben
Tubman sitting, 1868 or 1869
Tubman helped John Brown plan and recruit for the raid at Harpers Ferry.
The Underground Railroad was an organized network of secret routes and safe houses for fugitive slaves to escape to the abolitionist Northern United States and Eastern Canada during the era of slavery
Harriet Tubman
…approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad. During the American Civil War, she served as an armed scout and spy for the Union Army. In her later years, Tubman was an activist in the movement for…
David Ruggles between two men confronting John P. Darg
Freedom seekers escaped to the Great Dismal Swamp's maroon community.
Harriet Tubman (photo H. B. Lindsley), c. 1870. A worker on the Underground Railroad, Tubman made 13 trips to the South, helping to free over 70 people. She led people to the northern free states and Canada. This helped Harriet Tubman gain the name "Moses of Her People".
Quaker abolitionist Levi Coffin and his wife Catherine helped more than 2,000 enslaved people escape to freedom.