Harriet Tubman is perhaps the most well-known of all the Underground Railroad's "conductors." During a ten-year span she made 19 trips into the South and escorted over 300 slaves to freedom.

As a conductor on the Underground Railroad it is estimated that Tubman freed around 70 enslaved people. Harriet Tubman (far left), with a group of former slaves whose escape she assisted Tubman ...

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CHURCH CREEK, Md. (AP) — Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was the first woman to oversee an American military action during a time of war, was posthumously awarded the rank of general on ...

Already universally hailed as the great abolitionist and Underground Railroad leader, you can now add at least one more well-deserved honor for Harriet Tubman: Brigadier General in the Maryland ...

CHURCH CREEK, Md. — Harriet Tubman, the American abolitionist and icon of courage, was posthumously awarded the rank of brigadier general by the Maryland Army National Guard Monday, 111 years ...