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National Security. Agency Insider. Don't miss a brief. If she had been caught, she would've faced physical punishment and been sold back into slavery in the Deep South due to the Fugitive Slave Law. Fact check: Harriet Tubman helped free slaves for the underground railroad, but not After she escaped, Tubman walked the nearly 90 miles to Philadelphia, where she took jobs as a domestic and cook and spent summers working in Cape May, New Jersey.
During the Civil War, Tubman also worked for the Union Army as "a scout, spy, guerrilla soldier, and nurse," according to the National Women's History Museum , making her one of the first Black women to serve in the military. After the war, Tubman became involved in the campaign for women's suffrage along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B.
Anthony, according to the National Parks Service. She purchased a home in Auburn, New York, in and established a home for the elderly.
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