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The new government appointed by US President Joe Biden will relaunch the iconic banknote design $ 20 vs. Anti-Slavery Activist, Harriet Tabman, a plan abandoned by the Donald Trump administration, the White House announced today.
«Treasury moves to restart efforts to put Harriet Tubman in charge of a new $ 20 billSaid the spokeswoman for the US presidency, Jen Psaki.
«It is important that our bills, our money (…) reflect the history and diversity of our country and that the image of Harriet Tubman adorns the new $ 20 bill clearly reflects it.“, he said.
Harriet Tabman, well-known defender of African American rights in the 19th century will become the first African-American figure to appear on an American banknote. This plan, which started in 2016 the administration of Barack Obama, begins again after the historic demonstrations against racism and police violence against blacks, last year.
Tampman (1822-1913) was born slave, before escaping and helped dozens of slaves move to the northern United States and Canada before and during the Civil War, before participating in the fight for women’s suffrage.
Their fight, within the secret “underground railway” network, was the subject of a 2019 feature film. He will replace populist President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), a highly controversial figure whom Trump admired, on the ticket.
Because the plan was canceled by the previous government
Former minister Finance Steven Mnuchin had announced in 2019 the postponement of this plan, at least until 2028, citing “security problems”.
During his 2016 campaign, Donald Trump criticized Obama’s initiative, saying: “The only reason for this change is political correctness., Saying that Harriet Tampman’s face would look better on the $ 2 bill, which is no longer printed.
Andrew Jackson, who was a resident of the White House since 1829 to 1837, was considered the first “populist” president by Trump, who had placed a frame with his portrait in the Oval Office.
The explosive general is known for the historic victory against the English in New Orleans (south) in 1815. But it is also known for the fact that ordered the mass deportation of Native Americans to the West and inland, a mass exodus that killed thousands of people and was named “the Trail of Tears.”
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