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Harriet Tubman, one of the most important figures in American history, is finally set to be featured on the next edition of America's $20 bank note.

President Joe Biden's team have announced that the US Treasury, which is in charge of the nation's money, is "exploring ways to speed up" the process of getting Tubman's image on the new $20 bill.

"It's important that our money reflects the history and diversity of our country," said the new White House press secretary Jen Psaki.

The idea to put Harriet Tubman on the notes was proposed by Barack Obama when he was president back in 2016, but then Donald Trump put the plans on hold during his time in office.

President Biden has revived the plans within his first week in the job.

Tubman's portrait will replace former President Andrew Jackson, who was a slave owner, on the $20 bill.

Who was Harriet Tubman?

Born into slavery sometime between 1820 and 1825, in Maryland, Tubman grew up working in the cotton fields and was subject to appalling living and working conditions.

In 1849, she managed to escape, along with her two younger brothers, but she was forced to leave her husband behind.

After finding freedom, she realised she needed to help others escape too, so she returned to Maryland to help free her family and dozens more.

She then helped former slaves find refuge in Canada and also assisted in finding jobs and homes for the newly freed citizens.

Tubman became the first woman to lead an armed expedition in the American Civil war, where she guided a raid that helped free more than 700 enslaved people.

She will go down in history as one of the United States' key historical figures.

Who else features on money around the world?
Dame Nellie Melba
Nellie Melba is on the Australian $100 dollar note.

She was an opera singer and became one of the most famous musicians of the Victorian era.

During the First World War, Melba raised large sums for war charities and became a world wide success, despite only performing around 25 operas.
Ingmar Bergman
Considered one of the most influential film makers of all time, Ingmar Bergman's portrait appears on a 200 Krona note in Sweden.

He made over 60 films and documentaries between 1944 and 2005 and was nominated for 12 Academy Awards, winning three.
Alice Pennefather
Badminton player and all-around talented sportswoman Alice Pennefather appeared on a commemorative edition of the Singapore 20 dollar bill in 2019.

She was born in 1902 and became the Singapore National Badminton champion four times during her career.

She also played hockey, tennis and netball to high standards and was inducted into the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame in 2016 for her outstanding sporting achievements.
Ben Ryan
British rugby coach Ben Ryan was honoured with being the face on a commemorative 50 cent coin in Fiji.

That is because he led the Fijian men's rugby sevens team to the nation's first ever Olympic medal - and it was a gold medal too!

Not only that, but he was also given three acres of land in Fiji and was given a title of a "chief" and awarded the Companion of the Order of Fiji, the highest honour in the country.

Viola Desmond became the first female Canadian to be featured on a $10 dollar note.

She was a black businesswoman from Nova Scotia, who refused to leave a whites-only area of a theatre in 1946.

Her actions kick started the civil rights movement in Canada.

The bank note she appeared on won a design award in 2019, beating 15 other notes from around the world.

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Harriet Tubman and other amazing people on money around the world - CBBC Newsround

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Harriet Tubman, one of the most important figures in American history, is finally set to be featured on the next edition of America's $20 bank note. President Joe Biden's team have announced that the US Treasury, which is in charge of the nation's money, is "exploring ways to speed up" the process of getting Tubman's image on the new $20 bill.

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There have been talks about putting a picture of Harriet on a 20$ bill instead of the president Andrew Jackson who was a slave owner.

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The delayed effort to replace Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill -- led by U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio in the House -- is accelerating now that President Joe Biden has expressed support for it.

Jackson, the nation's seventh president and a hero of the War of 1812 (a war in which the United States also fought Indigenous groups that had sided with Britain), was admired as "Old Hickory" for his stamina and prowess in battle (even the Creeks called him "old and fierce") and lauded as a champion of the common man.

He helped oversee the expansion of America (and survived an assassination attempt while in office) while his wife tragically died of a heart attack before he was inaugurated after a stressful and ugly presidential campaign in which she was personally vilified by supporters of John Quincy Adams. But Jackson was also a Tennessee plantation slaveowner and the president who signed the Indian Removal Act and presided over the deadly Trail of Tears that forced Native peoples from their homelands west, many to today's Oklahoma.

President Barack Obama had announced in 2016 that Tubman would appear on the front of the $20 bill by 2020, in time for the centennial of U.S. women getting the right to vote, with Jackson on the back of the bill, but President Donald Trump delayed that move, suggesting Tubman for the $2 bill, instead, and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin pushed the issue off to 2026.

The Biden administration would like to accelerate that process, and Beatty, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, and long an advocate for the currency change, has introduced the Woman on the Twenty Act of 2021,that would require Tubman to be prominently displayed on the $20 bill after 2024.

Tubman was a daring and pioneering abolitionist and activist and later campaigner for women's right to vote -- enslaved herself in Maryland until her escape at age 27 -- who later served with the Union Army as one of the first Black women to do so, according to USA Today.

Our Editorial Board Roundtable last weighed in on the topic in a 2016 roundtable, after Obama's decision to add Tubman to the $20.

So what does our Roundtable think now? Should the "Tubman on the Twenty" effort be accelerated? Should Andrew Jackson be booted to the back of the bill, or not appear at all? Or something else?
Thomas Suddes, editorial writer:
This needs to get done -- now. This isn't rocket science. The proposal is appropriate, and it's overdue, and the wheel-spinning needs to stop.
Ted Diadiun, columnist:
I'm beyond weary of the unrelenting liberal attacks on historic figures because their actions 200 years ago didn't conform with today's values. But this isn't a hill I'm willing to die on. Besides, the fix is in. I'll miss Ol' Hickory, but as long as she'll still spend, go ahead and put Harriet on the double sawbuck, if you want.
Eric Foster, columnist:
Andrew Jackson said, " It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes. " It's ironic that, because of the rich and powerful, Trump and Mnuchin, Jackson remains alone on the $20 bill. Further irony is that Jackson himself disapproved of paper money. Put Harriet on the bill.
Lisa Garvin, editorial board member:
This seems like a feel-good move to assuage white guilt that does nothing to change the status quo. Putting a Black woman on $20 bills who was treated as currency by slave owners sends a disturbing message to many Black Americans, myself included. There are far better ways to honor Tubman's legacy than by making her a commodity yet again.
Victor Ruiz, editorial board member:
This country needs to honor heroes and those who uphold democracy and justice for all. Jackson and many other's atrocities cannot be overlooked. Harriet Tubman is a true American patriot and should be honored as such. We need to speed this up, while expediting the removal of symbols that glorify people who should not be celebrated.
Mary Cay Doherty, editorial board member:
Tubman deserves to be honored on the twenty. And despite his flaws, Jackson should move to the bill's reverse. He was one of the founders of the Democratic Party, and America's first frontier president. An orphan himself, Jackson also rescued and adopted a Native American orphan. We can, and should, elevate and honor Tubman while simultaneously continuing to honor Jackson.
Elizabeth Sullivan, director of opinion:
It's long past time to display on our nation's currency the full diversity of gender and race of our nation's brave builders and pioneers, including those who, like Tubman, lacked wealth -- and maleness and whiteness. "Show me the Tubmans," as Joyce Beatty says, and send Old Hickory around to the back of the bill.
Have something to say about this topic? * * Email general questions about our editorial board or comments on this editorial board roundtable to Elizabeth Sullivan, director of opinion, at esullivan@cleveland.com. Send a letter to the editor, which will be considered for print publication.

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The delayed effort to replace Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill -- led by U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio in the House -- is accelerating now that President Joe Biden has expressed support for it.

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If a slave heard this song he would know he had to be ready to escape, a band of angels are coming to take him to freedom. The Underground Railroad (sweet chariot) is coming south (swing low) to take the slave to the north or freedom (carry me home).

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Tubman used “Wade in the Water” to tell slaves to get into the water to avoid being seen and make it through. This is an example of a map song, where directions are coded into the lyrics. These are the lyrics to “Wade in the Water”

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Tubman used “Wade in the Water” to tell slaves to get into the water to avoid being seen and make it through. This is an example of a map song, where directions are coded into the lyrics. These are the lyrics to “Wade in the Water”

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Wade in the Water. God’s gonna trouble the water.
Who are those children all dressed in Red?
God’s gonna trouble the water.
Must be the ones that Moses led.
God’s gonna trouble the water.

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Who are those children all dressed in White?
God’s gonna trouble the water.
Must be the ones of the Israelites.
God’s gonna trouble the water.
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Who are those children all dressed in Blue?
God’s gonna trouble the water.
Must be the ones that made it through.
God’s gonna trouble the water.

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The history of slavery in America.

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Escape to freedom from slavery.

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