As a conductor on the Underground Railroad it is estimated that Tubman freed around 70 enslaved people. Harriet Tubman (far left), with a group of former slaves whose escape she assisted Tubman ...

As a conductor on the Underground Railroad it is estimated that Tubman freed around 70 enslaved people. Harriet Tubman (far left), with a group of former slaves whose escape she assisted Tubman ...

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.

Born 200 years ago in Maryland, Harriet Tubman was a conductor of the Underground Railroad, a Civil War scout, nurse and spy, and one of the greatest freedom fighters in our nation’s history.

#share#Her quasi-memoir Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman (told to Sarah Bradford and written in the third person) explains how things worked. While African Americans were suspicious — often ...

Harriet Tubman escaped from brutal slave owners in 1849 and risked her life to help bring many more enslaved Americans to freedom via the Underground Railroad; this park a testament to her remarkable ...

HARRIET TUBMAN, BORN INTO SLAVERY IN DORCHESTER COUNTY, ESCAPED TO FREEDOM BUT RETURNED TO HER EASTERN SHORE HOME 13 TIMES TO HELP OTHERS ALONG THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. SHE ACTUALLY USED THE ...

Of course Trump will find a way to block American hero Harriet Tubman from appearing on the $20 bill. Credit: MASHABLE COMPOSITE: CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY;UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE / GETTY The new ...