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.
Explore Harriet Tubman's legacy as a freedom fighter. Discover her role in the Underground Railroad and beyond.
Harriet Tubman is best known as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. She was born around 1820 on a plantation in Dorchester County, Maryland. Her parents, Harriet (“Rit”) Green and ...