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Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c. 1820 – 10 March 1913) was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the US Civil War. After escaping from captivity, she made thirteen missions to rescue some seventy slaves using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. She later helped John Brown recruit men for his raid on Harpers Ferry, and in the post-war era struggled for women's suffrage. (read more...)
Emir Mohammed Alim Khan (1880–1944) was the last emir of the Manghit dynasty, the last ruling dynasty of the Emirate of Bukhara in Central Asia. He reigned from January 3, 1911 to August 30, 1920, and was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan, the first Great Khan. (read more...)
Photo credit: Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1911) Source: Library of Congress
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