Here is a quick link to some great resources on Harriet Tubman that are available via the digital collections at the Library of Congress. These resources include items like photographs, books, and various manuscripts.
The Harriet Tubman Online Resources page provides numerous links to different websites that all contain digital historical resources related to Harriet Tubman. There is also a nice bibliography for additional reading.
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Allow me to reply. Yes, the information on our’ Harriet Tubman has been updeatd enourmously by the wonderful academic work of one Kate Clifford Larsen, of the U.S., who spoke to a large gathering, hosted by the Historical Society of St. Catharines, in late January. Much of the mythology about Tubman was put to rest. She brought only about 70 kinfolk and friends from Maryland, not 300, which was part of the early mythologies. There were no quilts hung out to direct slaves to Canada, as promulgated by books such as Hidden in Plain sight , none at all. There were fewer recorded trips than earlier books suggested. Further, there was no huge bounty on her head, as earlier reported, as no one realized that a tiny black slave woman could possibly have negotiated such travel. All the press at the time were looking for John Brown, or some Male Abolitionist to thwart their plans. So, yes, she is a remarkable heroine, and she, herself, was hidden in plain sight.’