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08/02/07

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Who Am I

After escaping slavery in 1849, I became one of the most successful conductors of the Underground Railroad of all time. I led more than 300 hundred slaves to freedom.

During the American Civil War I was a friend of leading abolitionists, and worked as a laundress, nurse, and spy for the Union forces.

According to the 1994 book The Black 100 by Columbus Salley I am the most important black woman in US history.

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