Handkerchief owned by Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman escaped the bonds of slavery as a young woman in the early 1800s. She returned to the South many times as a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad to lead other African Americans to freedom. During the Civil War, Tubman served as a spy, nurse, and cook for Unio...
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2009.50.40.3
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Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles L. Blockson
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