The life of an African-American icon Harriet Tubman (born in slavery, Araminta Ross in Maryland in 1822) was a remarkable abolitionist and political activist.
She escaped from captivity and subsequently undertook thirteen missions on the 'Underground Railroad', risking capture and bondage, to rescue approximately 70 people from their slave-masters.
After the introduction of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850 she guided her charges all the way to Canada to establish them in .
Leonaur Ltd Harriet tubman of the underground railroad-abolitionist, civil war scout, civil rights activist: with a short biography of harriet tubman by mrs. geor/sarah h. bradford
