Claim: No, this photo doesn't show abolitionist Harriet Tubman, but Yoruba princess Omoba Aina
Fact-check: No, this photo doesn't show abolitionist Harriet Tubman, but Yoruba princess Omoba Aina
Verdict: perhaps we shouldn't remember harriet tubman "beaten and tortured", as a viral social media post exhorts us not to. but the image it suggests instead doesn't show the famous underground railroad conductor, but instead a west african princess given as a slave to queen victoria.
Organisation: Africa Check
Author: Unknown
Date published: 2023-02-21T00:00:00