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lemmy.world

Something I hadn't know about her:

For her guidance of the raid at Combahee Ferry, which liberated more than 700 enslaved people, she is widely credited as the first woman to lead an armed military operation in the United States.

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lemmy.world

She was given the rank of 1-Star general posthumously last year because of this I believe.

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Legendary abolitionist Harriet Tubman (left) with her family, New York, USA, 1887 | Spyke