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Harriet Tubman’s Combahee River Raid

  • ’Raid of Second South Carolina Volunteers among the Rice Plantations of the Combahee, from a Sketch by Surgeon Robinson,’ Harper’s Weekly, July 4, 1863
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    750+ people freed in one night 🌙 Harriet Tubman helped lead the Combahee River Raid in June 1863.
  • Engraving of Harriet Tubman as a scout during the Civil War
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    Tubman was the guide and spy 🕯️ She gathered intelligence from local people, learned where Confederate mines were, and helped plan the route.
  • Sketch of the Combahee River with ships and soldiers fighting.
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    The raid turned into rescue 🚢 As the gunboats reached the river, enslaved people ran to them, and more than 700 were freed.
  • Sculptor Ed Dwight crafted the memorial of Harriet Tubman to commemorate the Combahee River Raid.
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    Why it matters today ✨ The raid shows the war was also a fight for emancipation, and that Black women helped shape military history.

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