Archived: On This Day in History! On December 28, 1860, Harriet Tubman arrived in Auburn, New York, completing her final mission on the Underground Railroad. After eight years of perilous rescue operations, Tubman had led dozens of enslaved men, women, and children to freedom, all while evading capture and an ever-increasing bounty placed on her head. Her arrival in Auburn marked the close of her clandestine missions, but not the end of her fight. Tubman would continue serving the cause of freed