Portrait of Harriet Tubman, 1870s. Image by Harvey Lindsley. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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Resource ID
8860
Access
Open
Credit Line
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Keywords
slavery, Black History
People Depicted
Harriet Tubman
Program Category
Education and Engagement
Rights
Public Domain
Caption
Portrait of Harriet Tubman, 1870s. Image by Harvey Lindsley. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Description
Born into enslavement in Maryland in the 1820s, Harriet Tubman escaped slavery to become the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. Tubman led many people from enslavement in the United States to freedom in Canada. Tubman worked to end slavery and later became a prominent figure in the suffrage movement. In her later life, she helped to establish a home to serve the poor and aged of the Black community in upstate New York.