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 Veteran’s ...

Most Americans know Harriet Tubman as the fearless conductor of the Underground Railroad—but few know she led the largest liberation of enslaved people in U.S. military history. A new exhibition at ...

In 1863, abolitionist Harriet Tubman guided a raid that liberated nearly 760 enslaved people working on rice plantations along the Combahee River, near Beaufort, South Carolina. Dr. Edda Fields-Black, ...

Polaris is the North Star of hope and direction. Located in the constellation Ursa Minor, it is 323 light years away. In October 1849, a 27-year-old enslaved woman ran away from a Maryland plantation ...

John Dunphy Telegraph readers will recall that just last month I was privileged to meet and talk with President Thomas Jefferson, thanks to Colonial Williamsburg reenactor Kurt Smith. Last Sunday, I ...

I remember a raucous discussion among several guys in my eighth grade history class about a woman we were reading about named Harriet Tubman. All of us spoke “point blank” that we could never have ...

Update Tuesday, April 8: Recent developments have emerged regarding the National Park Service’s (NPS) handling of historical narratives related to prominent Black figures. Following public backlash, ...

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 on ...

They called her Moses. Harriet Tubman, born into slavery in Maryland in 1822 as Araminta "Minty" Ross, had such odds-defying success as a conductor on the Underground Railroad that she earned the ...