Tubman in spring 1859 purchased a small farm on the outskirts of Auburn, New York, from William Henry Seward, President Abraham Lincoln’s future secretary of state, and his wife, Frances. Tubman spent ...

Simpson and the Supreme Court’s Associate Justice William V. S. Tubman. Political wiseacres consider Candidate Tubman the election’s dark horse. The real debate, however, was whether affable ...

Harriet Tubman, was an abolitionist and slave who worked relentlessly to free enslaved African Americans. Tubman was born ...

John Tubman is remembered in history as Harriet Tubman's first husband. Uncover why he chose not to join Harriet on her journey to freedom in the North.

Historians estimate that she led 300 or so people to freedom, while figures like William Sill and Levi Coffin helped bring freedom to thousands. This isn’t to say that Tubman is a minor figure.

While her activities as a Civil War spy are less well known, her devotion to America and its promise of freedom endured ...

1 While in Philadelphia, Harriet worked with abolitionists William Still and John Brown. Harriet Tubman is called “The Moses of Her People” because like Moses she helped people escape from ...

1 While in Philadelphia, Harriet worked with abolitionists William Still and John Brown. Harriet Tubman is called “The Moses of Her People” because like Moses she helped people escape from ...