Months before embarking on a journey to eventually become the most renowned “conductor” of the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman sought divine intervention. It was the winter of 1848-49, historian ...

That’s the most important rule you learn when you play hide and seek. “It” covers his eyes and counts, while you run and hide. Then, while “It” looks for you, you try to get home safely. Hide and seek ...

Viola Davis is starring in the HBO project: "It's a personal passion for me because Harriet was so much more than just the Underground Railroad that most associate her with." By Seth Abramovitch ...

From movies, TV shows to books, everywhere you look it seems like Harriet Tubman is having a moment right now. According to National Book Award finalist and historian Erica Armstrong Dunbar, it’s long ...

Jeannine Cook has been fascinated with Harriet Tubman ever since she picked up a book about the abolitionist in her school library as a child. Cook, 38, learned everything she could about Tubman’s ...

Where did Harriet Tubman go when she escaped from slavery? Evelyn Ruth Maxey, Houston, Texas Definitive information about her early life remains elusive, says Christopher Wilson, director of the ...

2016 was the year the Underground Railroad became a focus in popular culture — in Colson Whitehead's National Book Award-winning novel, and a critically acclaimed new television drama about a group of ...

Just in time for the grand opening of a visitors center celebrating her early life on Maryland's Eastern Shore, Harriet Tubman has a new look. A previously undocumented photograph has emerged from the ...

On Maryland's Eastern Shore, there is a historical marker that says Harriet Tubman freed 300 enslaved people, except she didn't. It also suggests she was born nearby, except she wasn't. Some ...