Harriet Tubman Day

March 10 is Harriet Tubman Day. The day marks the anniversary of the abolitionist’s death in 1913. Harriet Tubman, born in slavery in 1820, escaped to freedom in Philadephia via the Underground Railroad in 1849. She almost immediately returned to guide other slaves to freedom, leading 13 missions and never losing a passenger.

Tubman also served as a Union spy during the Civil War, funded and opened the first old-age home for African-Americans, and worked for women’s suffrage in the early 20th century. When she died, she was given full militray honors.

^{(photo © 1880 HB Lindsley)}