On Saturday, The Huffington Post reported that Harriet Tubman’s former 26-acre home in Auburn, New York, will become the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park. In 2014, Congress approved the park and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Maryland.
On Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew announced that Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. But not everyone supported the decision. Both Donald Trump and Doctor Ben Carson thought Tubman should be added to a different denomination. CNN reports that Trump said the change was for political correctness. He suggested placing Tubman on the now defunct $2 bill.
In 1820, Harriet Tubman was born into slavery as Araminta Ross. In 1844, she changed her name to Harriet Tubman after marrying John Tubman. She chose Harriet because it was her mother’s name. In 1849, Tubman made a decision that would change history forever. Fearing she would be sold, she decided she would become a free woman. With help from a sympathetic white woman, she escaped. After she escaped, she devoted her life to freeing other slaves.
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