Underground Railroad Images

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American abolitionist leader and former slave Harriet Tubman, who led over 300 escaped slaves to freedom, including her parents, through the underground railroad.

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American abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman who escaped slavery by marrying a free man and led many other slaves to safety using the abolitionist network known as the underground railway.

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Seated portrait of American former slave and civil rights activist Harriet Tubman, 1900s.

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On the far left, abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman, ex- slave and founder of the Underground Railroad which provided safe houses for escaping slaves.

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Abolitionist leader, Harriet Tubman as an old woman. She was an ex- slave and founder of the Underground Railroad which provided safe houses for escaping slaves.

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Harriet Tubman, American abolitionist who escaped from slavery in 1849 and became a member of the Underground Railroad, leading more than three hundred slaves to freedom.

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A visitor to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is silhouetted against a Harriet Tubman quote August 20, 2004 in Cincinnati, Ohio.