Her first husband, John Tubman, refused to go with her, which led to the break of their marriage. Slavery was eventually abolished in 1865 following the American Civil War. Harriet then settled in ...

A new virtual museum that shows artifacts found at the Maryland home where abolitionist Harriet Tubman spent her teenage ...

Archaeologists in Maryland have uncovered artifacts believed to have belonged to Harriet Tubman and her father, Ben Ross, at ...

Harriet Tubman is perhaps the most well-known of ... On her third return, she went after her husband, only to find he had taken another wife. Undeterred, she found other slaves seeking freedom ...

Rita Daniels didn't always know she was the great-great-great-grandniece of Harriet Tubman. In fact, a 9-year-old Daniels had no idea they were related when her teacher assigned her a book report ...

An Underground Railroad conductor himself, Ben Ross relied on his daughter for his own family’s escape. Tubman escaped in ...

Last year, on June 14, representatives from the Underground Railroad Consortium of New York State (URCNYS) held a public ...

She also co-hosts Genealogy Roadshow on PBS. In this blog post, Berry discusses the history of Harriet Tubman and how Charlotte Jenkins channels her strength in Mercy Street. . In Episode 3 ...