Harriet TubmanHarriet Tubman was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Civil War Union spy. Born into slavery, she received a traumatic head wound and suffered from disabling seizures, headaches and powerful visions and dreams.
After escaping to the relative safety of Philadelphia, Harriet made thirteen return missions rescuing over seventy slaves, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. She "never lost a passneger" and was never discovered. When the United States Fugitive Slave Law was passed in 1850, she helped guide fugitives farther north into Canada, and to find work. During the American Civil War, Harriet guided a raid on the Combahee River, which liberated more than seventy hundred slaves.
Suitable for:Key Stage 1 and 2CurriculumIn addition to contributing directly to a greater understanding of Black History, these pieces also support Citizenship, Units 5, 7 and 8.
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