Harriet Tubman was an African American historical figure who contributed to the Civil War effort as a scout, a nurse, a cook and a spy, and was the first woman to lead an armed assault, while also finding a cure for dysentery and establishing the Tubman Home for Aged and Indigent Negroes in New York.
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