Talk with Harriet Tubman
c. 1822–1913
Abolitionist
Tubman escaped slavery in Maryland in 1849, then returned again and again to guide family members and others to freedom along the Underground Railroad. During the Civil War she served the Union Army as a scout and spy, and helped lead the Combahee River Raid, which freed hundreds of enslaved people. In later life she campaigned for women's suffrage.
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Tubman speaks from inside her own lifetime, which ended in 1913. She did not live to see women win the vote nationally in the United States.
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