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Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman was born in Maryland as a slave on a plantation, and worked in the fields. In 1849, when she was about 30 years old, she ran away and escaped to the North. Tubman traveled back to the South nineteen times, mostly to Maryland and Delaware, to help lead other slaves to freedom. She became famous as a conductor on the "Underground Railroad," a secret network of abolitionists who helped slaves escape. She also became an anti-slavery speaker, telling audiences about her experiences as a slave and her dangerous rescue missions. During the Civil War, Tubman worked as a nurse and a scout for the Union Army.

Read about Tubman in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle: "Mrs. Harriet Tubman, the Colored Nurse and Scout - The Bridge Street African M.E. Church last Evening" (October 23, 1865).

For more more about Harriet Tubman, see Documents 85 and 106.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Citation - Document 16
between 1860-1875
Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Reproduction no. LC-USZ62-7816
www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/civilwar

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