Statue of Harriet Tubman a black Abolitionists helping slaves escape on the Underground Railroad. This is in Harlem New York. Image by denisbin Harriet Tubman African American Museum. Who was this woman who had no links to Macon but had the African American Museum named after her? Harriet Tubman was born in 1822 in Maryland into the Ross slave family. The Ross's relatively … [Read more...] about Statue of Harriet Tubman a black Abolitionists helping slaves escape on the Underground Railroad. This is in Harlem New York.