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Vor 3 Tagen · Harriet Tubman, along with Black soldiers, took part in a daring Union raid of Combahee Ferry near Beaufort, South Carolina. She became the first American woman to lead a major military operation when she and at least 150 Black soldiers helped to rescue more than 700 Black Americans who had been enslaved on nearby plantations.
Vor 6 Tagen · The raid made Tubman, sometimes called the Moses of Her People, the first woman ever to lead a major military operation in the U.S., according to the Smithsonian. She remained the only African American woman to lead troops in the Civil War, according to the National Park Service .
Vor 5 Tagen · Harriet Tubman was born into slavery around 1820 and became an abolitionist and political activist. After her own escape north in 1849 she made some thirteen trips south to accompany enslaved...
Vor 4 Tagen · Harriet Tubman (photo H. B. Lindsley), c. 1870. A worker on the Underground Railroad, Tubman made 13 trips to the South, helping to free over 70 people. She led people to the Northern free states and Canada. This helped Harriet Tubman gain the name "Moses of Her People".
Vor 4 Tagen · Harriet Tubman Warns "Kill the Snake Before It Kills You". Harriet Tubman was among the best known conductors of the Underground Railroad, a network of enslaved people, free blacks, and white sympathizers that assisted thousands of runaway slaves escape north.
Vor 2 Tagen · Opinion: How Black Americans’ refusals of injustice have shaped our national story. A c. 1868 portrait of Harriet Tubman. The creation of the Underground Railroad, which Tubman conducted ...
Vor einem Tag · BEAUFORT, S.C. —. A Beaufort church is preserving the history of Harriet Tubman by unveiling a monument to honor the freedom fighter. The monument sits on the grounds of Tabernacle Baptist Church. Historians said that is where Tubman went to aid union forces and help people fleeing towards Beaufort when the federal troops occupied the area in ...
