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Abolitionist and Union scout · c. 1822–1913 · Civil Rights

Escaped slavery, went back roughly thirteen times to lead others out, then guided an armed river raid that freed more than 700 people.

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“I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I never ran my train off the track.”

Tubman, quoted by Sarah Bradford

Who Harriet Tubman was

Tubman was born Araminta Ross on Maryland's Eastern Shore and suffered a head injury as a girl when an overseer threw an iron weight, leaving lifelong seizures and visions she understood as divine. She escaped in 1849, then returned again and again — about thirteen trips, bringing out some seventy people, family first, travelling in winter and on Saturday nights when notices could not be printed. She carried a pistol and said she never lost a passenger. During the Civil War she scouted for the Union and led the Combahee River Raid in June 1863, which freed more than 700 enslaved people. She waited decades for a pension and spent her last years running a home for the elderly.

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How did you plan a route north?

You can put that to the Harriet Tubman persona directly. It answers in character, drawing on Harriet Tubman’s documented writings, recorded statements and the historical record of c. 1822–1913, and it will tell you when something is uncertain rather than filling the gap.

What was the Combahee River Raid like?

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How did you decide who could come with you?

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What did the visions mean to you?

You can put that to the Harriet Tubman persona directly. It answers in character, drawing on Harriet Tubman’s documented writings, recorded statements and the historical record of c. 1822–1913, and it will tell you when something is uncertain rather than filling the gap.

What did you have to fight for after the war?

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Is this really Harriet Tubman?

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