Harriet Tubman

Subject (Topic)
Antislavery movements--United States
Freedom
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Slavery
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Subject (Name)
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913

Subject (Object Type)
Book
Portraits
Wood engraving

National Portrait Gallery Online Catalog: “Harriet Tubman led scores of slaves to freedom and facilitated the flight of many others after her own escape from bondage in 1849. When the Civil War began, Tubman fully committed herself to the Union cause. She traveled to South Carolina in 1862 to provide nursing care to U.S. soldiers and former slaves, and soon became a trusted army scout and spy. Operating with great effectiveness in Confederate-held territory, Tubman conducted daring reconnaissance missions, including one along the Combahee River in June 1863 that resulted in the capture of vast quantities of supplies and the liberation of more than 750 slaves.” See Bibliographic Citation.

Darby, John D., active 1830s-1860s

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Auburn, New York: W. J. Moses, Printer

ca. 1868

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Victor Building, Suite 410, MRC 973, Washington, DC, 20013-7012, United States

JPEG

English

Visual Arts-Print
Documents and Published Materials

National Portrait Gallery Object Number: NPG.2006.31

Sheet: 7 x 4 1/8 in. (17.8 x 10.4 cm.)

Book: 7 3/8 x 4 13/16 x 11/16 in. (18.7 × 12.3 × 1.8 cm.)

Wood engraving on paper

“Harriet Tubman.” National Portrait Gallery. Accessed June 8, 2017. http://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2006.31.

Renée Ater

Wood engraving on paper

Sheet: 7 x 4 1/8 in. (17.8 x 10.4 cm.)

Book: 7 3/8 x 4 13/16 x 11/16 in. (18.7 × 12.3 × 1.8 cm.)