click image for close-up Harriet Tubman's days as a conductor for the Underground Railroad had long past when this photograph was taken, believed to be sometime around 1880.
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.
National Museum of African American History and Culture Albumen print of Harriet Tubman National Museum of African American History and Culture Carte-de-visite portrait of Harriet Tubman National ...
Her story has inspired public memorials and books, a documentary, and a feature-length film. Perhaps most fittingly, the U.S. Treasury is redesigning the $20 bill to put her portrait on the front, for ...
The last time a portrait on a bill was changed was in 1929, when Alexander Hamilton was placed on the front of the $10 bill, replacing Jackson. Jackson was elevated to the $20 bill in 1928 ...
The Harriet Tubman $20 bill will replace the current one featuring a portrait of U.S. President Andrew Jackson. In another recognition, Tubman was accepted in June 2021 to the United States Army ...