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Push for Harriet Tubman to replace Andrew Jackson on $US20 note resumes under Joe Biden’s administration
Joe Biden’s Government is resuming the push to put abolitionist icon Harriet Tubman on the $US20 note, replacing former president and slaver Andrew Jackson.
Key points:
- Harriet Tubman famously freed slaves using the Underground Railroad
- Former US president Andrew Jackson, who owned hundreds of slaves, is currently on the front of the note
- An Obama-era push to make the change stalled under the Trump adminsitration
Press secretary Jen Psaki said the Treasury Department was starting to resume efforts to put the 19th-century abolitionist leader on the money.
Obama administration Treasury secretary Jack Lew selected Tubman to replace Jackson on the front of the note, with an early design proposal still featuring on the reverse side a statue of the…
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