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Many people do not know that Harriet Tubman was not the name she was born with.
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She married John Tubman a local free black man. She
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She traveled through a working underground railroad alone using the North star and suggestions from others as guidance.
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From 1850-1860 there were 13 escape missions planned. There were atleast 120 people who found freedom through this underground railroad!
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She united with others to support Union activities in South Carolina with fellow abolitionists. She was a spy and a nurse during the Civil War.
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Sarah Bradford published a short biography of Harriet Tubman.
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At the age of 91, she died due to pneumonia.
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