Harriet Tubman is perhaps the most well-known of all the Underground Railroad's "conductors." During a ten-year span she made 19 trips into the South and escorted over 300 slaves to freedom.
Harriet star Cynthia Erivo, who is the only acting nominee of color at the 2020 Academy Awards this year, tells PEOPLE about the tearjerking moment when Tubman is finally free in the movie.
As the acclaimed slavery abolitionist Harriet Tubman ... appeared as a character in several movies and operas, a standalone film dedicated solely to Tubman’s life has yet to be made.