Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross; c. 1820 or 1821 – March 10, 1913)
was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during
the American Civil War. After escaping from slavery, into which she was
born, she made thirteen missions to rescue more than 70 slaves using
the
network
of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground
Railroad. She later helped John Brown recruit men for his raid on
Harpers Ferry, and in the post-war era struggled for women's suffrage.
