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This basically meant that any Black person could be kidnapped, accused of being a runaway slave, and sold into slavery in the South. So Harriet Tubman left the country.

This basically meant that any Black person could be kidnapped, accused of being a runaway slave, and sold into slavery in the South. So Harriet Tubman left the country.

She developed her own roots and strategies that she would share with people. She learned that Saturdays in winter were the best days for an escape. Enslaved people often had Sunday off, so slaveholders wouldn't know they were gone until Monday. And the long winter nights gave them more time to walk in the dark. She tried to get people out before the holidays.

She developed her own roots and strategies that she would share with people. She learned that Saturdays in winter were the best days for an escape. Enslaved people often had Sunday off, so slaveholders wouldn't know they were gone until Monday. And the long winter nights gave them more time to walk in the dark. She tried to get people out before the holidays.

Slaveholders often sold enslaved people at the end of the year to pay off debt. Etta Fields Black writes that the Christmas holidays were known as the weeping time. When she walked, Harriet Tubman would rub red onions on her feet so bloodhounds couldn't pick up her scent. And she carried a loaded gun.

Slaveholders often sold enslaved people at the end of the year to pay off debt. Etta Fields Black writes that the Christmas holidays were known as the weeping time. When she walked, Harriet Tubman would rub red onions on her feet so bloodhounds couldn't pick up her scent. And she carried a loaded gun.

One journalist later wrote that she, quote, possessed a miraculous geographical instinct, never forgetting any detail of a route. She got her parents out of Maryland. They were in their 70s and unable to walk the long distance. So Harriet built a type of horse-drawn carriage for them. She tried four times to get her sister Rachel and Rachel's children out, but never succeeded.

One journalist later wrote that she, quote, possessed a miraculous geographical instinct, never forgetting any detail of a route. She got her parents out of Maryland. They were in their 70s and unable to walk the long distance. So Harriet built a type of horse-drawn carriage for them. She tried four times to get her sister Rachel and Rachel's children out, but never succeeded.

She became known as Moses. People didn't know her real identity. Many slaveholders assumed Moses was a white man. And then the Civil War broke out. In South Carolina, the Union, or the U.S. Army, occupied Beaufort and surrounding areas. Etta Fields Black writes that Harriet Tubman would almost certainly have been following the news about what was happening.

She became known as Moses. People didn't know her real identity. Many slaveholders assumed Moses was a white man. And then the Civil War broke out. In South Carolina, the Union, or the U.S. Army, occupied Beaufort and surrounding areas. Etta Fields Black writes that Harriet Tubman would almost certainly have been following the news about what was happening.

She was going to be spying on the Confederacy. Why do you think that she was recruited as a spy? I mean, what were they looking for?

She was going to be spying on the Confederacy. Why do you think that she was recruited as a spy? I mean, what were they looking for?

Harriet Tubman gathered intelligence from people who'd escaped slavery and were now living in a type of refugee camp.

Harriet Tubman gathered intelligence from people who'd escaped slavery and were now living in a type of refugee camp.

And Harriet Tubman also recruited men who knew how to navigate a boat up the river. And so after sunset on June 1st, the three boats were ready to go, headed for the rice plantations.

And Harriet Tubman also recruited men who knew how to navigate a boat up the river. And so after sunset on June 1st, the three boats were ready to go, headed for the rice plantations.

As the boats got close to each of the seven plantations on the Cumbee River, rowboats were put in the water to transport people to the boats. When Minus Hamilton saw the boat, he went straight for it.

As the boats got close to each of the seven plantations on the Cumbee River, rowboats were put in the water to transport people to the boats. When Minus Hamilton saw the boat, he went straight for it.

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