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Harriet Tubman and the Second South Carolina Volunteers Bring Freedom to the Combahee River
The story of how Harriet Tubman led 150 African American soldiers to rescue over 700 former slaves freed five months earlier by the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Edda Fields-Black
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History Uncut
on
June 19, 2024
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Combee
: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War
Edda Fields-Black
2024
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