At 27 years old, Araminta Ross miraculously escapes enslavement with two brothers on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. She becomes Harriet Tubman and leads 13 subsequent escape missions prior to the Civil War, rescuing as many as 70 enslaved people. Her amazing success as a conductor on the Underground Railroad leads to a new name, “The Moses of Her People.” In 1863, working as a scout, nurse and a spy for the Union Army, she is the first woman to lead a military expedition. It frees 800 enslaved people and destroys valuable Confederate supplies in South Carolina. After the War she fights for women’s suffrage.
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Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad, National Historic Park, Church Creek
Harriet Tubman Museum and Educational Center, Cambridge
Maryland Statehouse Old House of Delegates Chamber
