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Harriet Tubman American abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman, c. 1890–1908.

Harriet Tubman

American abolitionist
Also known as: Araminta Ross
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Harriet Tubman (born c. 1820, Dorchester county, Maryland, U.S.—died March 10, 1913, Auburn, New York) was an American bondwoman who escaped from slavery in the South to become a leading abolitionist before the American Civil War. She led dozens of enslaved people to freedom in the North along the route of the Underground Railroad—an elaborate secret network of safe houses organized for that purpose. On Veteran’s Day 2024 Tubman was posthumously awarded the rank of...

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