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Portrait of abolitionist Harriet Tubman

Harriet the Spy: How Tubman Helped the Union Army

Source: National Geographic

As if her work leading people out of slavery through the Underground Railroad weren’t amazing enough, Harriet Tubman also served a crucial military role during the Civil War.

This entry was posted in The Move Toward Freedom and tagged Historic Figures on October 1, 2018 by Mikki Gibson.

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