During the Civil War Harriet Tubman worked for the Union as a cook, a nurse, and even a spy. After the war she settled in Auburn, New York, where she would spend the rest of her long life.

Harriet Tubman was barely 5 feet tall and didn’t have a dime to her name. What she did have was a deep faith and powerful ...

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As a conductor on the Underground Railroad it is estimated that Tubman freed around 70 enslaved people. Harriet Tubman (far left), with a group of former slaves whose escape she assisted Tubman ...

Harriet Tubman escaped from brutal slave owners in 1849 and risked ... During the Civil War, Tubman served as a Union nurse, scout and spy, even helping to conduct an assault on Confederate ...

Cooley Law School. She also co-hosts Genealogy Roadshow on PBS. In this blog post, Berry discusses the history of Harriet Tubman and how Charlotte Jenkins channels her strength in Mercy Street. .