“I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything; the sun came like gold through the trees, and over the fields, and I felt like I was in Heaven.”

About Harriet Tubman

Activist • American

Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist and political activist who escaped slavery and became a leading conductor on the Underground Railroad. Born into slavery in Maryland, she made some thirteen missions to rescue...