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Three news articles this week about future coins honoring three women of color illustrate how far this country’s coinage has come in honoring long-neglected segments of American society.
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Harriet Tubman: 8 Facts About the Daring Abolitionist Born into slavery, Harriet Tubman escaped to freedom in the North in 1849 and then risked her life to lead other enslaved people to freedom. Author: Her admirers called her “Moses” or “General Tubman,” but she was born Araminta Ross. It’s unclear exactly when the woman who would be known as Harriet Tubman was born, with dates ranging from 1815 to 1822. Historians do know that she was one of nine children born to Harriet “Rit” and Ben Ross, enslaved people owned by two different families on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. With ...