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Harriet Tubman Biography Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Reverently called "Moses" by the hundreds of slaves she helped to freedom and the thousands of others she inspired, Harriet Tubman became the most famous leader of the Underground Railroad to aid slaves escaping to free states or Canada. |
 | | Tubman was never caught and never lost a slave to the Southern militia, and as her reputation grew, so too did the desire among Southerners to put a stop to her activities; rewards for her capture once totaled about $40,000. |
 | | During the Civil War, Tubman served as a nurse, scout, and sometime-spy for the Union army, mainly in South Carolina. |
| www.civilwarhome.com /tubmanbio.htm (460 words) |
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