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What she did
In 1849 she fled slavery, leaving her husband and family behind in order to escape. Despite a bounty on her head, she returned to the South at least 19 times to lead her family and hundreds of other slaves to freedom via the Underground Railroad. Tubman also served as a scout, spy and nurse during the Civil War. -
Important people
Col. James Montgomery of the Second Carolina Volunteers.
Colonel Montgomery.
Tubman collaborated with John Brown in 1858 in planning his raid on Harpers Ferry.