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The first woman to lead an armed expedition in the war, she guided the raid at Combahee Ferry, which liberated more than 700 enslaved people. When the Civil War began, Tubman worked for the Union Army, first as a cook and nurse, and then as an armed scout and spy. Tubman met John Brown in 1858, and helped him plan and recruit supporters for his 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry. After the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was passed, she helped guide fugitives farther north into British North America (Canada), and helped newly freed enslaved people find work. Traveling by night and in extreme secrecy, Tubman (or ' Moses', as she was called) 'never lost a passenger'. Slowly, one group at a time, she brought relatives with her out of the state, and eventually guided dozens of other enslaved people to freedom. In 1849, Tubman escaped to Philadelphia, only to return to Maryland to rescue her family soon after. These experiences, combined with her Methodist upbringing, led her to become devoutly religious. After her injury, Tubman began experiencing strange visions and vivid dreams, which she ascribed to premonitions from God. The injury caused dizziness, pain, and spells of hypersomnia, which occurred throughout her life. Early in life, she suffered a traumatic head wound when an irate overseer threw a heavy metal weight intending to hit another enslaved person, but hit her instead. In her later years, Tubman was an activist in the movement for women's suffrage.īorn enslaved in Dorchester County, Maryland, Tubman was beaten and whipped by her various masters as a child.

During the American Civil War, she served as an armed scout and spy for the Union Army. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. March 1822 – March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and social activist.

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