Anti-slavery crusader Harriet Tubman will become the first African-American on the face of US paper currency when she replaces former President Andrew Jackson on the front of the $20 bill.
The US Treasury Department said that Tubman, who was born into slavery in the early 1820s and went on to help hundreds of slaves escape, would take the centre spot on the bill.
However Jackson, a slave owner, would move to the back of the note.
Harriet Tubman has become the first African-American on the face of US currency. #TubmanOn20
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The changes follow a review that collected opinions from around the US on a redesign.
Tubman has been introduced on the $20 bill alongside other changes on the $5 and $10 notes.
Tubman, who ran the legendary Underground Railroad that helped thousands of slaves flee to freedom in the 19th century, was the most popular candidate in a poll of 600,000 people conducted by the Women On 20s pressure group.
