underground railroad
TikToker goes viral for claiming Harriet Tubman did not exist
Some Black TikTokers have claimed that Harriet Tubman wasn’t a real person. As reported by The Root, a content creator named Ce Chronicles alleged in a since-deleted video that famed abolitionist Tubman was actually a U.S. government spy called Araminta Ross. The TikToker also claimed that abolitionist Sojourner Truth was also a spy and that her…
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Overlooked no more: Richard Henderson, the former slave who provided refuge for 500 fugitives on the Underground Railroad
Richard Henderson came to Meadville in 1824, becoming the first permanent Black resident there....
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Harriet Tubman joined Underground Railroad Movement on this day in 1853
The Underground Railroad was a large movement in North America consisting of...
