Harriet Tubman and the new $20 bill Snapchat
Channel: USAgov/archive
Date: 2016-04-21

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Recently, the Treasury Department announced changes to the $5, $10, and $20 bills.

The front of the new 20 will feature the portrait of Harriet Tubman, whose life was dedicated to fighting for liberty. The reverse of the new 20 will depict the White House and an image of President Andrew Jackson.

She will be the first woman on U.S. paper currency in over 100 years.

That means that Alexander Hamilton will remain on the $10 bill.

Alexander Hamilton says thanks!

But who was Harriet Tubman? 

She was a runaway slave who helped establish the Underground Railroad.

She freed more than 300 slaves over the course of 10 years. 

The bounty for her capture reached $40,000 at one point. 

However, Tubman remained free and never failed to deliver a passenger to safety. 

“I never ran my train off the track and never left a passenger behind.”

Harriet’s legacy of bravery will be commemorated on new the $20 bill. 

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