Civil Rights
A legendary life
Harriet Tubman
c. 1822 – 1913
Abolitionist who escaped slavery and repeatedly returned to guide others to freedom.
Her story
A life that changed history
Harriet Tubman escaped slavery and made about 13 missions through the Underground Railroad to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends. During the Civil War she served the Union as a scout and spy, and later advocated for women's suffrage.
“I had reasoned this out in my mind; there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death.”
Sarah H. Bradford, Harriet: The Moses of Her People, 1886