Edda Fields-Black: The Harriet Tubman you didn’t know
About this episode
This episode explores the lesser-known contributions of Harriet Tubman during a significant raid in 1863 that freed hundreds of slaves.
The remarkable and little-known story of how Harriet Tubman played a critical role in a daring raid that in 1863 freed some 700 slaves from rice plantations along South Carolina’s Combahee River.
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