Harriet Tubman

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Harriet Tubman was an escaped and formerly enslaved African woman who became The Conductor of the Underground Railroad.  Harriet Tubman was known as the Moses of her people.  She was born in Dorchester County Maryland, March 1822.  Harriet was an American abolitionist (a person who favors the abolition of capital punishment or slavery) and activist (a person who campaigns to bring about political or social change).  She subsequently escaped and went on 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 similarly enslaved people.  She sadly died March 10, 1913 in Auburn ,New York.