Doula and wellness leader Latham Thomas shares how her mother's self-empowerment and Harriet Tubman's leadership have inspired her work. Photo: Courtesy of Latham Thomas; Graphic: W+G Creative Each ...

The phenomenal courage of one Black woman who led slaves to freedom will be honored across the nation Monday on National Harriet Tubman Day. Established by U.S. Congress in 1990, the day memorializes ...

CHURCH CREEK, Md. — 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 Monday.

Harriet married John Tubman, a free African American, in 1844. Little is known about how the two met, but it wasn't unusual for a free and enslaved couple to be married. About half of the African ...

CHURCH CREEK — Archaeologists in Maryland discovered the historic homesite once owned by the father of Harriet Tubman, state officials announced Tuesday. The former home of Tubman’s father, Ben Ross, ...

(The Hill) — Harriet Tubman, the abolitionist who helped thousands escape the bonds of enslavement, has been posthumously awarded the rank of general. In a ceremony at the Harriet Tubman Underground ...

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. And, as ...

Rita Daniels learned at 9 that she is the great-great-great-grandniece of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who led countless enslaved Africans to freedom through the Underground Railroad. It was a ...

When Harriet Tubman was born into slavery on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, the name given to her was Araminta Ross. Affectionately, she was called “Minty.” Before escaping north at the age of 27, afraid ...