In all 30,000 slaves fled to Canada, many with the help of the underground railroad - a secret network of free blacks and white sympathizers who helped runaways. Harriet Tubman helped hundreds of ...

Rochester, N.Y. — A man with a mission is on the move to bring history alive. Ken Johnston is walking from New York City to Canada, 500 miles to honor the 200th birthday of Harriet Tubman. Johnston ...

In a career spanning over 30 years, Ray Adamyk has taken on a number of high-profile restoration projects. The latest endeavor for his Pomona-based company might be his most ambitious — revitalizing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black artist Alvin Pettit's winning sculpture of Harriet Tubman (above), titled "A Higher Power: The Call of a Freedom Fighter," ...

A portrait of Harriet Tubman (ca. 1820-1913). Tubman, herself an escaped slave, helped hundreds of slaves escape the South by means of the Underground Railroad. She nursed Union troops during the ...

Kenneth Johnston of West Philadelphia always had a deep appreciation for Harriet Tubman and her work of freeing enslaved Black people. But instead of reading a book or watching a documentary to ...

Meet the woman who repeatedly risked her life and freedom to liberate others from slavery. Go beyond the legend and meet the inspiring woman who repeatedly risked her own life and freedom to liberate ...

Few people have made such a powerful imprint on American history as Harriet Tubman did. A former enslaved person, Tubman became an abolitionist, humanitarian and leader of the Underground Railroad, ...