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 ...
New York was where she would spend the remainder of her life. Today, visitors can tour the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park – located about 1.5 miles from downtown Auburn – to explore ...
From there, we will drive about 20 minutes to the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center. The recently completed facility, which sits on 17 acres of land, is part of a new national ...
Freedom Day celebrates the history and legacy of Harriet Tubman and the African American community’s contribution to labor ...
Mitchellville is a historic park that commemorates the history of African Americans in the area. The park features ...
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.
The project would highlight dozens of historical sites with connections to the Underground Railroad, stretching from New York City to Niagara Falls.
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.