해리엇 터브먼 (1822-1913)

해리엇 터브먼은 노예 해방 운동을 실천한 인권운동가이자 남북 전쟁 당시 활동했던 노예 폐지론자, 간첩이다. 태어날 때부터 노예였던 그녀는 탈출 후, ‘지하철도’라는 반노예 운동가 네트워크와 아지트를 통해 해방 시설 열세 곳을 세워, 노예 칠십여 명을 구하였다.

Harriet Tubman (1822-1913)

Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist and social activist. After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad. During the American Civil War, she served as an armed scout and spy for the Union Army. In her later years, Tubman was an activist in the movement for women's suffrage.