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#OtD 2 Jun 1863 the Combahee River raid took place, Harriet Tubman led 150 Black Union soldiers. The only woman-led military operation during the American civil war. 750 slaves were freed and the estates of several slaveowners were looted and burned stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9200...

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Ben Rosenzweig

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2 June

In addition to the references in the linked article on the raid, the book by Jean M. Humez, Harriet Tubman: The Life and the Life Stories, seems a pretty good account. Certainly a compelling one.