Silk lace and linen shawl given to Harriet Tubman by Queen Victoria
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1897
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Harriet Tubman, American, 1822 - 1913
notes: label: Caption
content: Harriet Tubman escaped the bonds of slavery as a young woman in the early 1800s. She returned to the South many times as a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad to lead other African Americans to freedom. During the Civil War, Tubman served as a spy, nurse, and cook for Union Forces. In 1863, she helped free more than 700 African Americans during a raid in South Carolina - a feat that earned her the nickname "General Tubman." England's Queen Victoria gave Tubman this shawl around 1897.
label: Caption
content: From Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863, and the March on Washington, 1963.
label: Description
content: A white, square-shaped shawl made of silk lace and linen, given to Harriet Tubman by Queen Victoria around 1897.
place: label: Place used
content: Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: England, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Freedom
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles L. Blockson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2009.50.39
objectType: label: Type
content: shawls
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silk lace and linen
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 36 1/2 x 28 1/2 in. (92.7 x 72.4 cm)