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Finding Traces of Harriet Tubman on Maryland’s Eastern Shore
A historian marks the 200th birthday of Harriet Tubman with a visit to her birthplace, only to learn how climate change is washing away her memory.
by
Martha S. Jones
via
New York Times
on
June 21, 2022
When Harriet Tubman Met John Brown
Looking back at the short but deep friendship of John Brown and Harriet Tubman, who gave their lives to the abolitionist cause.
by
Paul Bowers
via
Jacobin
on
June 19, 2022
Harriet Tubman Is Famous As An Abolitionist and Political Activist, but She Was Also A Naturalist
The Underground Railroad conductor's understanding of botany, wildlife biology, geography and astronomy allowed her to guide herself and others to safety.
by
Liza Weisstuch
via
Smithsonian
on
March 10, 2022
The Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Project
The Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Project explores the meaning of freedom through the example of one extraordinary life.
by
Janell Hobson
via
Ms. Magazine
on
February 1, 2022
Harriet Tubman’s Lost Maryland Home Found, Archaeologists Say
The famed abolitionist’s father, Ben Ross, sheltered her and family on the Eastern Shore in the 1840s.
by
Michael E. Ruane
via
Washington Post
on
April 20, 2021
Putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 Bill Is Not a Sign of Progress
It's a sign of disrespect.
by
Brittney C. Cooper
via
Time
on
January 27, 2021
partner
What ‘Harriet’ Gets Right About Tubman
In the 1850s, abolitionists, including black women, fought for freedom by force.
by
Kellie Carter Jackson
via
Made by History
on
November 1, 2019
Harriet Tubman’s Daring Civil War Raid
Abolishing slavery wasn’t enough. Someone had to actually free the enslaved people of the American south.
by
Tristan J. Tarwater
,
Chelsea Saunders
via
The Nib
on
December 17, 2018
Philadelphia Unveils Proposals for New Harriet Tubman Statue
After a year of controversy, the city has narrowed down five options for a monument to the activist and abolitionist.
by
Maya Pontone
via
Hyperallergic
on
August 7, 2023
100 Years Later, These Activists Continue Their Ancestors’ Work
A new generation of activists traces its ancestry and inspiration to key figures in the suffrage movement.
by
Elizabeth Williamson
,
Haruka Sakaguchi
via
New York Times
on
August 7, 2020
Climate Change is Wiping Out Harriet Tubman’s Homeland, and We’re Doing Little
America’s racialized topography means African-American historical sites are especially vulnerable to climate change.
by
Rona Kobell
via
Boston Globe
on
October 24, 2019
The Heroes of Ripley, Ohio
From Underground Railroad conductors who risked everything to present-day residents who show kindness to travelers.
by
David Goodrich
via
History News Network
on
February 6, 2023
How Some Enslaved Black People Found Freedom in Southern Slaveholding States
Instead of using the Underground Railroad as a route north, thousands of enslaved Black people fled to communities in the South.
by
Viola Franziska Müller
via
The Conversation
on
January 24, 2023
The Forgotten Father of the Underground Railroad
The author of a book about William Still unearths new details about the leading Black abolitionist—and reflects on his lost legacy.
by
Andrew K. Diemer
via
Smithsonian
on
November 9, 2022
The Promise of Freedom
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.
by
Elias Rodriques
via
The Nation
on
October 3, 2022
An Angry Mob Broke Into A Jail Looking For A Black Man—Then Freed Him
How Oct. 1 came to be celebrated as “Jerry Rescue Day” in abolitionist Syracuse.
by
Gillian Brockell
via
Retropolis
on
October 1, 2022
original
Our Flag Was Still There
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.
by
Ed Ayers
on
July 19, 2022
The Enslaved Woman Who Liberated a Slave Jail and Transformed It Into an HBCU
Forced to bear her enslaver's children, Mary Lumpkin later forged her own path to freedom.
by
Kristen Green
via
Smithsonian
on
April 4, 2022
The Supernatural and the Mundane in Depictions of the Underground Railroad
Navigating the line between historical records and mystic imagery to understand the Underground Railroad.
by
Andrew K. Diemer
via
The Panorama
on
April 4, 2022
Contending Forces
Pauline Hopkins, Booker T. Washington, and the Fight for The Colored American Magazine.
by
Tarisai Ngangura
via
The Believer
on
March 29, 2022
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