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The National Park Service recognizes Harriet Tubman as the Underground Railroad's best known conductor and we celebrate her as a deeply spiritual woman who lived her ideals and dedicated her life to ...
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The National Park Service rewrote — then restored — the Underground Railroad story and reposted a deleted photo of abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
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A spokesperson for the National Park Service told CNN that changes to the page had been made “without approval” from the agency’s leadership, and that the old version was “immediately restored.”
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