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In the 38 years since Tubman’s initial stamp, several women have been given the honor as well. Maya Angelou, Mary McLeod Bethune, Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, Madame C.J. Walker and several others also have stamps.

Tubman might be the best known “conductor” of the Underground Railroad. As an escaped slave, Tubman risked her life to liberate the enslaved and aid them on a path to freedom. The Railroad was a secret network of abolitionists both Black and white who worked in tandem to help slaves escape.

The most recent Black Heritage stamp issued last year featured the likeness of pioneering Black architect, Robert Robinson Taylor.

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Little Known Black History Fact: Harriet Tubman Stamp  was originally published on blackamericaweb.com

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