Harriet Tubman

David Fichter, pastel. SCW©2015 Born into slavery in Maryland about 1820, Harriet Tubman escaped and became the most famous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, leading over 300 enslaved people to...

Harriet Tubman David Fichter Born into slavery in Maryland about 1820, Harriet Tubman escaped and became the most famous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, leading over 300 enslaved people to...

David Fichter, pastel. SCW©2015 Born into slavery in Maryland about 1820, Harriet Tubman escaped and became the most famous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, leading over 300 enslaved people to...

As the leading "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, Harried led over 300 enslaved people to freedom. A fierce abolitionist, she was also a scout, spy and nurse for the Union...