After escaping from bondage in Maryland in 1849, she returned to the state 13 times and led more than 70 people to freedom.
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Tubman recruited & commanded formerly enslaved men to serve as the military scouts. She also co-planned this unprecedented raid behind enemy lines
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Ironically, her military service during the Civil War helped fuel campaigns to put her likeness on *every* $20 bill: