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2016年5月25日BBC英语新闻:首位黑人女性将取代前总统亮相20元新美钞
An escape slave who freed hundreds of people from bondage isto be the face of redesigned 20 dollar bill in the United States.James Cook has the details. “Harriet Tubman was an Americanhero, a former slave who brave pedals to help hundreds ofothers follow her path to freedom, at first be a secret networkknown as the underground railroad, and then as a union spy inthe civil war. After the war, Ms. Tubman, who struggled inpoverty into the end of her life, fought for women suffrages. She replaces the slave-owningpresident Andrew Jackson on the front of the 20-dollar bill although he will continue to feature onthe back.” World news from the BBC.