History is literally repeating itself thanks to famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman of Maryland. Thirty years ago this month, ...

After Pennsylvania passed the Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery on March 1, 1780, Philadelphia’s Black population grew rapidly. By 1790 there were about 2,000 free Black residents in the city.

Ten years ago this April, President Barack Obama announced that abolitionist Harriet Tubman would replace President Andrew Jackson on the face of the $20 bill. She would be the first woman on U.S.

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Harriet Tubman advocated for women, including their right to suffrage. This biography, Scenes in the Life of Harriet ...

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A roughly 14-foot-tall bronze statue of the United States’ most famous abolitionist, Harriet Tubman, will become a permanent fixture outside Philadelphia’s City Hall later this year. It will be the ...

Clark was an infant when her mother was arrested. Her debut novel asks what it’s like for children who have only ever known a parent in prison In Harriet Clark’s debut novel, The Hill, a nun explains ...

Loved ones of a mum who was murdered when she was stabbed 11 times in the neck have paid tribute to a "lovely and kind woman". Mandy Riley was killed by her "friend" Thomas Turner in her flat at ...

Harriet Ryan is a reporter on The Wall Street Journal's investigations team, based in Los Angeles. She previously was a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times. She shared the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for ...

In “The Hill,” a daughter comes of age through visits to her imprisoned mother, inheriting the afterlife of a youthful radicalism that shattered her family.