There are only a handful of photos of Harriet Tubman, the iconic abolitionist who single-handedly led hundreds of slaves to freedom in the 19th century. When we think of Tubman, we think of a small but fierce older black woman, staring at the camera with a placid expression that belies the grit and strength that made her an icon. But a newly-discovered photo of Tubman, offering a very different glimpse of who she was, has now emerged. Historian Kate Clifford Larson found the photo in an album of Tubman’s friend and fellow abolitionist Emily Howland. The portrait shows a much younger Tubman than we have ever seen:

Source: Huffington Post February 08, 2017 17:25 UTC