I am writing an essay on Harriet Tubman and need some reliable evidence. There's a common legend that Tubman had a $40,000 bounty on her head. This is repeated in several reliable websites such as a government website http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/tubman/aa_tubman_subj.html and even sub .edu sites: http://maap.columbia.edu/place/33.html
http://www.unm.edu/~tinan/social%20studies/Student%20Reports/jenbaca.htm
Yet other sites say that this is a popular myth made up by Sallie Holley https://www.nps.gov/hatu/planyourvisit/upload/MD_TubmanFactSheet_MythsFacts_2.pdf
If this is a popular myth, I'm surprised that it is repeated on government and educational websites.
I also noticed that the "300 people" is also a myth, but is also noted on the government and educational websites.
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