Newark residents were also invited to share their personal stories of liberation for a permanent audio piece that complements the sculpture.
Harriet Tubman
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Philadelphia Faces Criticism for Commissioning a Harriet Tubman Statue From a White Artist
“Nana Harriet risked life and limb to be free so that no one White person would benefit off her person. And now we have someone white benefiting off of her,” said artist Maisha Sullivan-Ongoza.
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Archaeologists Locate Site of Harriet Tubman’s Family Home
A small coin dated 1808 led archaeologists to identify the area as the former site of the plantation where Tubman lived before escaping enslavement in 1849.
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Harriet Flips the Script on Depictions of Enslavement
Instead of that soul-crushing feeling I often experience after seeing a “Black struggle film,” Harriet sent me out of the theater feeling empowered.
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A Rediscovered Portrait of Harriet Tubman Is Unveiled
The National Museum of African American History and Culture will display a new portrait of the legendary abolitionist that “adds significantly to what we know about this fierce abolitionist.”
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Designer Releases 3D-Printed Stamp to Put Harriet Tubman on the $20 Bill [UPDATED]
After the Trump administration balked on plans to put the abolitionist on the $20 bill, Dano Wall took matters into his own hands.
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Crowdfunding Campaign Aims to Bring Rare Photo of Harriet Tubman Home
A previously unrecorded photograph of the trailblazing abolitionist is going to auction later this month, and the Harriet Tubman Home historic site hopes to be the top bidder.
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A Newly Discovered Photograph of Harriet Tubman Heads to Auction
A new photograph of Harriet Tubman adds to the visual record of this renowned African American.
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Harriet Tubman Bumps Slave-Owning Andrew Jackson Off Front of $20 Bill
The president who signed the Indian Removal Act, which pushed thousands of indigenous people off their land through events like the Trail of Tears, and owned over 100 slaves, will finally get his own removal from his central place on the American $20 bill.
