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Combahee River raid

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A major military operation during the Civil War in which Harriet Tubman became the first American woman to lead a military operation, resulting in the liberation of enslaved people.

AP course connection

Topic 2.20: 2.20 Race to the Promised Land: Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad

Unit 2

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