Tubman probably used the Underground Railroad herself when she first escaped slavery in 1849, and she has long been its most famous "conductor." Between 1849 and 1862 she personally led more than eighty people to freedom and helped them find housing and jobs in the North.

Harriet Tubman’s Underground Railroad by Paul Collins. Iconic fine art giclèe depicting Harriet Tubman helping slaves en route to freedom. Authentic print.

A quilted and appliquéd textile portrait of Harriet Tubman by Bisa Butler, based on the carte-de-visite photograph portrait of Tubman by Benjamin F. Powelson (NMAAHC 2017.30.47). The quilt depicts Tubman, in multiple bright-colored fabrics, seated against a dark floral background.

This painting honors the activist legacy of Harriet Tubman. She escaped slavery and returned to lead other enslaved people to freedom using the Underground Railroad. Tubman is depicted breaking the shackles of bondage in this painting.

Art prints and collectibles featuring Harriet Tubman, the famed abolitionist, humanitarian, fearless leader, union spy, and woman's rights activist!

William H. Johnson, Harriet Tubman, ca. 1945, recto: pencil on paper verso: carbon tracing on paper, 8 x 5 in. (20. 4 x 12. 7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.394R-V

Johnson traced the likeness of Harriet Tubman (about 1822--1913) from a popular nineteenth-century woodcut reproduced in Carter G. Woodson's book, The Negro in Our Times. Standing tall in a striped Civil War--era dress, she holds a shotgun at her side.