The National Park Service has reversed edits and restored content to its webpage about Maryland-born Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad in the wake of news reports and public backlash over ...

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 ...

(CNN/CBS) — The US Mint released commemorative coins honoring Maryland-born abolitionist Harriet Tubman Thursday. The coins include $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins and half-dollar coins that ...

CHURCH CREEK, MD- A historical marker unveiling ceremony honoring Harriet Tubman's birthplace and legacy will be held on Monday, June 23rd. Governor Moore, in partnership with the Maryland Department ...

Along the Eastern Shore, on farmland where enslaved people once worked, Maryland archaeologists made a find, which they believe sheds more light on what life was like in the place where Underground ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black artist Alvin Pettit's winning sculpture of Harriet Tubman (above), titled "A Higher Power: The Call of a Freedom Fighter," ...

In 2019, President Donald Trump’s administration shelved a proposal — endorsed by his predecessor, Barack Obama — to place the image of Maryland-born abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. The ...

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 ...

With Juneteenth just behind us, theGrio is taking a look back at the figures that made the day possible. The video above explains the powerful life of Harriet Tubman and the following is a transcript ...

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. And, as ...