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The Biden administration is to push forward a plan to make anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman the face of a new $20 bill, reports the BBC. A note featuring Tubman, born a slave around 1820, was due to be unveiled in 2020. The US treasury said she would replace former president Andrew Jackson, a slave owner. This was delayed under Donald Trump, who branded it "pure political correctness". The revived project would make Tubman the first African American to appear on a US banknote, and the first woman in more than 100 years...
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