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AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN ON A STAMP

Vintage Framed Postage Stamp Harriet Tubman No. 1744 | Etsy

February 1, 1978: Antislavery crusader and Civil War veteran
Harriet Tubman became the first African American woman to
appear on a U.S. postage stamp, the first in the Post Office’s
Black Heritage Series. Tubman’s appearance on stamps was
emblematic both of the progress made in recognizing African

Americans’ contributions to American history and the ongoing
effort to put abolitionists on equal footing with slaveowners in
the nation’s historical canon.

Harriet Tubman (1823-1913). /Namerican Abolitionist. Oil Over A Photograph, 1895. Poster Print ...
Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross)
(c. March 1822– March 10, 1913)

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