You might think you know Harriet Tubman. Yes, she was a heroic woman who escaped slavery and led others to freedom. But she was even tougher than you think.
Tubman wasn’t just a conductor on the Underground Railroad, she also helped the Union Army conduct operations in the South as a key intelligence asset. Who better to work as a spy than someone who knew all of the back roads, and knew how to escape detection?
Watch the video above and see how she laid the groundwork for a daring plantation raid in South Carolina on the Combahee River.