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1. “General Tubman”
From: The Language of the Civil War

2. The Road to War
From: Student Almanac of African American History

3. HARRIET ROSS TUBMAN
From: Quotations in Black

4. Harriet Tubman
From: Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics

5. Harriet Tubman (c. 1821–1913)
From: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SLAVE RESISTANCE AND REBELLION

6. Tubman, Harriet (1820-1913)
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature

7. TUBMAN, HARRIET (1829–1913)
From: Encyclopedia of Multicultural Education

8. Tubman, Harriet (c. 1825–1913)
From: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANTISLAVERY AND ABOLITION

9. TUBMAN, HARRIET (ca. 1820–1913)
From: Dictionary of Afro-American Slavery

10. Tubman, Harriet Ross (c. 1820–1913)
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

11. Underground Railroad
From: Encyclopedia of Racism in the United States

12. Underground Railroad
From: The Language of the Civil War

Photo 4. Harriet Tubman, leader of the Underground Railroad. “Tubman guided the cause of 300 African American slaves to freedom using her philosophy, ‘I’ll see you in the morning safe in the promised land.’ ” National Archives photo No. 200-HN-PIO-1, 1999.

Harriet Tubman, c. 1870. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Portrait of Harriet Tubman, by artist Robert S. Pious (1908), painter, from the Artworks by Negro Artists Collection. Courtesy NARA.

Harriet Tubman. (Library of Congress)

Harriet Tubman, photographed in her later years, was a conductor on the Underground Railroad during the 1850s and a Union scout and spy during the Civil War. She won fame for her bravery and resourcefulness.

Harriet Tubman successfully led many slaves out of bondage on the Underground Railroad. Library of Congress.

Harriet Tubman (far left) led this group of slaves to freedom in Canada. Library of Congress.