Last Updated on June 16, 2022
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Born: c. 1820, Dorchester County, Maryland
Died: March 10, 1913, Auburn, New YorkHarriet Tubman was a runaway slave from Maryland who became known as the “Moses of her people.” Over the course of 10 years, and at great personal risk, she led hundreds of slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad, a secret network of safe houses where runaway slaves could stay on their journey north to freedom. She later became a leader in the abolitionist movement, and during the Civil War she was a spy for the federal forces in South Carolina as well as a nurse.
Harriet: The Moses of Her People (book) | curator note about the book
More books & articles about Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman timeline and select newspaper articles
More Harriet Tubman historical newspaper coverage
Contemporary U.S. legislation related to Harriet Tubman
The Story of Harriet Tubman The Brownies’ Book March, 1921
More stories about Harriet Tubman America’s Library
Harriet Tubman brief bio from PBS
Examining the Narrative of Harriet Tubman lesson plan
Library blog posts
- Celebrating Harriet Tubman and the Emily Howland Album Picture This March 15, 2018
- Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad Headlines and Heroes June 16, 2020
- Money Matters: Harriet Tubman, the “Grand Watermelon” debate, and Redemption Inside Adams blog June 9, 2016
- Who Was Harriet Tubman? Teaching with the Library of Congress blog March 27, 2018
It was 70 people in 12 or 13 trips. That doesn’t make her less important. But there is an enormous amount of misinformation on the web about Harriet Tubman.
https://savingplaces.org/stories/interview-kate-clifford-larson-helping-put-harriet-tubman-on-the-map#.WAzi9iRGnD4
first off she saved 1,000 + slaves in a lot of trips there is no specific number of trips