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How Harriet Tubman and Philadelphia abolitionists coordinated dangerous journeys to freedom

By Nilgun Anadolu-Okur, Professor of Africology and African American Studies, Temple University
Jeremy Mennis, Professor of Geography, Environment and Urban Studies, Temple University

A roughly 14-foot-tall bronze statue of the United States’ most famous abolitionist, Harriet Tubman, will become a permanent fixture outside Philadelphia’s City Hall later this year. It will be the first statue of a Black female historical figure in the city’s public art collection.

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