HARRIET TUBMAN BORN INTO SLAVERY March 10, 1913

Today in history: March 10, 1913 - Harriet Tubman dies. Harriet Tubman
was an African-American leader in the abolitionist movement. Born into slavery, she escaped and then dedicated herself to liberating as many people from slavery as possible. Before the Civil War she made more than thirteen missions to rescue people from slavery using the network of antislavery activists and
safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. 



 
She helped
John Brown recruit men for his raid
on Harpers Ferry. 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. She
was the first woman to lead an armed
expedition in the war, guiding the
Combahee River Raid, which
liberated more than 700 slaves in
South Carolina. In the post-war era
she also struggled for women's
suffrage.{Freedom Road to Socialism}




BY
   Tsietsi Emancipator Letsebe




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