Harriet Tubman:the first woman to lead an armed expedition in the war, freeing 700 slaves in the raid of Combahee Ferry

The film follows Harriet Tubman's daring escape from the slave South to Philadelphia and her subsequent return trips to the South where she rescued her family and other slaves on what came to be known as the Underground Railroad. It also shows her involvement in the early days of the Civil War as a member of the Union Army. Tubman was the first woman to lead an armed expedition in the war, freeing 700 slaves in the raid of Combahee Ferry.