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Harriet Tubman collection

Collection — manuscript box: 32 - folder 1

Identifier: 1191m

Scope and content

Two pamphlets concerning the Harriet Tubman home in Auburn, New York, including a souvenir program from the dedication of the house as a museum. Also, a color postcard with a photograph of a quilt bearing a portrait of Tubman, and a 17 page booklet about Harriet Tubman, written by Bishop W. J. Walls.

Dates

1950s.

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

Harriet Tubman was a runaway slave, abolitionist, and "conductor" on the Underground Railroad during the Civil War. She returned to the South many times to lead other slaves north to freedom.