workingclasshistory: On this day, 2 June 1863, the Combahee River raid took place, with formerly ens
workingclasshistory: On this day, 2 June 1863, the Combahee River raid took place, with formerly enslaved and underground railroad activist Harriet Tubman leading 150 Black Union soldiers. The only woman known to have led a military operation during the US civil war, it was a major success in which 750 enslaved people were freed and the estates of several wealthy secessionist landowners were looted and burned. This is a short history of the raid: https://libcom.org/history/combahee-river-raid-1863-earl-conrad https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1730261263825683/?type=3 -- source link