Harriet Tubman was a runaway slave from Maryland who became known as the "Moses of her people." Over the course of 10 years, and at great personal risk, she led hundreds of slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad, a secret network of safe houses where runaway slaves could stay on their journey north to freedom. She later became a leader in the abolitionist movement, and during the Civil War she was a spy for the federal forces in South Carolina as well as a nurse.

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Harriet Tubman

	Freeing the Slaves "Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad"
	Running to Freedom "Tubman's Early Years and Escape from Slavery"
	Spying for the Union "Tubman During the Civil War"