Wednesday, 20 April 2016

Tubman Replaces Jackson On U.S $20 Bill!

The U.S Treasury Department is expected to announce on Wednesday, April 20, the replacement of  slave-holding Andrew Jackson on the center of a new $20 note, by Harriet Tubman, an African-American woman who ferried thousands of slaves to freedom,  she also participated actively in the struggle for women's suffrage in the post-war era. 




Tubman died in 1913 at the age of 93.


Alexander Hamilton remains on the face of the $10bill.

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