Barbara Smith References Images Barbara Smith American activist Ask Anything Homework Help Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: Combahee River CollectiveBarbara Smith, a founder of the collective, named the organization after the raid organized by Harriet Tubman on the Combahee River on June 2, 1863, which freed more than 750 enslaved people. Read MoreBarbara Smith, a founder of the collective, named the organization after the raid organized by Harriet Tubman on the Combahee River on June 2, 1863, which freed more than 750 enslaved people. Read More