WASHINGTON -- Descendants of Harriet Tubman gathered at The
President's Gallery by Madame Tussauds and unveiled a wax statue
of the woman who led hundreds of slaves to freedom. Tubman's
great-great-great-grand-nephew, Charles E.T. Ross, and Tubman's
great-great-grand-niece, Valery Ross Manokey, were present at
the Washington wax museum to see the statue join a collection of
historical figures. The museum says it added the Tubman likeness
in honor of Black History Month. It already has wax figures of
Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and others. Tubman was born
into slavery on Maryland's Eastern Shore. After escaping in
1849, the abolitionist led countless slaves from the South to
freedom along the Underground Railroad. Artists from Madame
Tussauds spend months creating each new lifelike figure, relying
on photographs, historical accounts and paintings.