March 9 (Reuters) - Abolitionist Harriet Tubman's struggle to help roughly 70 slaves escape to freedom using the Underground Railroad will be remembered on Saturday at the groundbreaking of a Maryland ...

On Maryland Emancipation Day, Anne Arundel County will become the first local jurisdiction to issue a formal apology for its ...

MARYLAND (DC News Now) — Archaeologists with the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced Monday that a new virtual museum will showcase the history and artifacts discovered at Harriet ...

MDOT HAS FOUND A WAY TO SHARE WHAT THEY’VE LEARNED FROM ARTIFACTS PERTAINING TO HARRIET TUBMAN WITH THE WORLD. THIS IS A COLLECTION FROM BEN ROSS’S HOME PLACE. DOCTOR JULIE CZAPLICKI IS MDOT’S CHIEF ...

Harriet Tubman, a revered abolitionist and the first woman to lead an American military action during wartime was posthumously awarded the rank of brigadier general on Monday. On Veteran’s Day, a ...

Nov. 12 (UPI) --Harriet Tubman, a former slave and revered abolitionist who fought as a Union spy during the American Civil War, was posthumously awarded the rank of brigadier general of the Maryland ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Descendants of Harriet Tubman have gathered at The President’s Gallery by Madame Tussauds and unveiled a wax statue of the woman who led hundreds of slaves to freedom. Tubman’s great ...

A new virtual collection of historic artifacts is shedding light on the early life of abolitionist Harriet Tubman and her father, Ben Ross. Archaeologists for the Maryland Department of Transportation ...