Harriet Tubman

Edda L. Fields-Black sets out to restore the Combahee River Raid to its proper place in Tubman’s life and in the war on slavery.

Looking back at the short but deep friendship of John Brown and Harriet Tubman, who gave their lives to the abolitionist cause.

The Underground Railroad conductor's understanding of botany, wildlife biology, geography and astronomy allowed her to guide herself and others to safety.

The Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Project explores the meaning of freedom through the example of one extraordinary life.

The famed abolitionist’s father, Ben Ross, sheltered her and family on the Eastern Shore in the 1840s.

It's a sign of disrespect.

In the 1850s, abolitionists, including black women, fought for freedom by force.

Abolishing slavery wasn’t enough. Someone had to actually free the enslaved people of the American south.

After a year of controversy, the city has narrowed down five options for a monument to the activist and abolitionist.

America’s racialized topography means African-American historical sites are especially vulnerable to climate change.

A new series dramatizes Edwin Stanton's hunt for John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators in the aftermath of the president’s 1865 assassination.

A bold new photographic project asks modern-day Americans to recreate portraits of their 19th-century ancestors in painstakingly accurate fashion.

From Underground Railroad conductors who risked everything to present-day residents who show kindness to travelers.

Instead of using the Underground Railroad as a route north, thousands of enslaved Black people fled to communities in the South.

The author of a book about William Still unearths new details about the leading Black abolitionist—and reflects on his lost legacy.

A new history of the Civil War and Reconstruction examines the ways in which Black Americans formed networks of self-reliance in their pursuit of emancipation.

How Oct. 1 came to be celebrated as “Jerry Rescue Day” in abolitionist Syracuse.

How is the first half of the 19th century depicted in and around the nation’s capital? Ed Ayers hits the road to find out.

Navigating the line between historical records and mystic imagery to understand the Underground Railroad.

Forced to bear her enslaver's children, Mary Lumpkin later forged her own path to freedom.