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Harriet Tubman was active in the 'underground railway', helping up to 300 fugitives to reach the northern states and Canada.

She became a noted speaker in the abolitionist and women's rights movement.

During the Civil war she she worked as a spy and scout for the Union Army. She fought in several raids in Confederate territory. On June 2, 1863, in command of three Union gunboats on a dangerous mission along the Tennessee river, she destroyed a bridge and rescued over seven hundred slaves.

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