Introducing the Harriet Tubman history candle, a tribute to her strength and courage. This soy-based candle blends the soothing scent of cocoa butter with a refreshing mint tingle, evoking the spirit of the Underground Railroad. Light it up to honor Tubman’s heroic legacy in the fight against slavery and injustice.

In the early 1830s, people coined the term "Underground Railroad" to describe the system that led enslaved African Americans to freedom. Harriet Tubman became one of the most famous conductors, helping hundreds of others escape slavery after she had escaped herself. As an abolitionist, suffragist, Civil War nurse, commander, and freedom agent, Tubman’s contribution to the causes of universal freedom and equality ranks her among the nation’s most significant agents of change.

After the war, Tubman received a widow’s pension and later petitioned Congress for additional benefits for her service in the U.S. Army. Her claim was eventually successful, and she saw her pension increase to twenty-five dollars per month.

Among its vast holdings, The National Archives keeps materials relating to the Underground Railroad, the pension claim and supporting documents that Harriet Tubman submitted to Congress, the bill granting the increase of her pension, along with a wealth of resources documenting the African American experience, and women’s history.