Proctor of the North Eastern Episcopal District and Board Chair of the Harriet Tubman Home, Inc. “Harriet is smiling today!” said Bishop Dennis V. ![]() ![]() Tubman bequeathed her land to the AMEZ Church, which established the Harriet Tubman Home, Inc. to be the stewards of her legacy. “She will soon be indelibly etched into our collective heritage as a triumphant, resilient champion of freedom that reflects the true diversity of those who have contributed so significantly to our nation’s democracy.” “Harriet Tubman is one of the most revered figures in American history and now she is being rightly enshrined among our nation’s pantheon of heroes,” said Woodrow Keown, Jr., president & COO of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. She returned to Maryland 13 times over the next decade, leading 70 enslaved people to freedom in Canada. Born into slavery as Araminta “Minty” Ross in March 1822 on a plantation in Maryland, Tubman self-liberated via the Underground Railroad in 1849, crossing from Maryland to the free state of Pennsylvania. ![]() Harriet Tubman is perhaps the most recognized figure from the era of the Underground Railroad, the clandestine network by which enslaved individuals sought to liberate themselves in the first half of the 19 th century. The reveal took place during the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church’s (AMEZ) Women’s Home and Overseas Missionary Society Quadrennial Conference at the New Orleans Hilton Hotel Riverside. Mint, Harriet Tubman home reveal commemorative coin designs Three coins will honor heroic champion of freedom available in 2024ĬINCINNATI – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center joined the United States Mint and the Harriet Tubman Home Sunday for the reveal of the designs for three commemorative coins in honor of Harriet Tubman.
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