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 Tubman, a Black woman widely credited as the first female leader of a combat regiment during the Civil War, was posthumously commissioned as a brigadier general of the Maryland National Guard ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Following public backlash, the National Park Service restored a webpage about the Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman that sanitized some historical facts. But critics of the Trump ...

Stephen Towns, "Wade in the Water" (2020), natural and synthetic fabric, polyester and cotton thread, crystal glass beads (photo courtesy the Gibbes Museum of Art; all other photos Megan ...

In the spring of last year, I traveled down to Green Pond, S.C., where I grew up, to hear a historian talk about her new book. I don’t usually make three-hour drives for history lectures, but the ...

A plan to put Tubman on the bill stalled under former President Donald Trump. President Joe Biden's administration announced Monday it plans to revitalize the effort to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 ...