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The Harriet Tubman $20 Bill Has Been Postponed

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The Harriet Tubman $20 Bill Has Been Postponed
A member of a group of 228 immigrants deported from the United States shows a 20-dollar bill before exchanging it upon arrival at the Air Force base in Guatemala City on Jan. 10, 2018. JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images
Mark Hendrickson
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Several years ago, during the presidency of Barack Obama, steps were taken to replace the portrait of Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with Harriet Tubman, the former slave who’s best known for her work conducting slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.
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