Thursday, June 9, 2011

bana05: Today In History ‘Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, author...

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Today In History
‘Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, author...
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Today In History


‘Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, author and engineer of the Underground Railroad, led Union Army guerillas into South Carolina and freed nearly 800 slaves on this date June 2, 1863. Tubman was the first woman in U.S. history to command an armed military raid.’


(photo: Harriet Tubman)


- CARTER Magazine


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