Harriet Tubman

African-American abolitionist (1822–1913)

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Lived 1821–1913, aged 92United States

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1821–1913
Aged 92

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Updated 2026-05-29

Escaped slavery and spent decades extracting roughly 70 people through the Underground Railroad, earning the codename Moses. Later worked as a Union Army scout during the Civil War and campaigned for women's suffrage.

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Harriet "Moses" Tubman was an American abolitionist and social activist. After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad. During the American Civil War, she served as an armed scout and spy for the Union Army. In her later years, Tubman was an activist in the movement for women's suffrage.

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