The National Park Service reversed controversial edits to a webpage about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad she helped lead in the 1800s.
On Sunday, it was revealed that references, an image, and a quote attributed to Tubman had been removed from the federal agency’s website. Details about “enslaved” people and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 were also deleted before the NPS restored the webpage to its original content, saying on Monday that the changes had been made “without approval” from senior leadership.
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