CBNNews.com Archaeologists Find Site of Harriet Tubman s Father s Home Where This Moses of the Underground Railroad Got Her Start
04-21-2021
In this photo provided by the Library of Congress, Harriet Tubman in seen in a photograph dating from 1860-75. (Harvey B. Lindsley/Library of Congress via AP)
Archaeologists in Maryland say they believe they have found the home site of Ben Ross, the father of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
The site was found on property acquired last year by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as an addition to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, officials said Tuesday. An archaeology team led by the State Highway Administration conducted the research that led to the find.
This article was originally published on The Conversation.
The Biden administration has revived a plan to put Harriet Tubman on the U.S. $20 bill after Donald Trump s Treasury secretary delayed the move.
That s encouraging news to the millions of people who have expressed support for putting her face on the bill. But many still aren t familiar with the story of Tubman s life, which was chronicled in a 2019 film, Harriet.
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Harriet Tubman worked as a slave, spy and eventually an abolitionist. What I find most fascinating, as a historian of American slavery, is how her belief in God helped Tubman remain fearless, even when she came face to face with many challenges.
Harriet Tubman: Biden revives plan to put a Black woman of faith on the $20 bill 25 Jan, 2021
Editor’s note:
Robert Gudmestad is professor and chair of the Department of History at Colorado State University and this is an updated version of an article originally published in The Conversation on Dec. 3, 2019. Colorado State is a contributing institution to The Conversation, an independent collaboration between editors and academics that provides informed news analysis and commentary to the general public. See the entire list of contributing faculty and their articles here.
Tubman, left, with a few of the former slaves she helped escape. Bettmann/Getty Images