Dr. D. Elisabeth GlasscoJun 3, 2023

On June 2, 1863, 160 years ago today, Harriet Tubman commanded 300 Black soldiers in the audacious Raid on Combahee Ferry. With the Union Army backing her up, The General, as she was called, liberated 800 people, destroyed supplies, and struck a blow against the Confederacy. She became the FIRST woman in U.S. history to plan and execute an armed expedition, inspiring joy and freedom among over 800 enslaved people.

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Under Harriet Tubman, the Union set fire to houses, mills, and outbuildings and took the stores of commodity rice and cotton, as well as supplies of potatoes, corn, and livestock. The plantations were left smoking ruins. Initially hesitant, when the slaves saw General Tubman, over 750 of them, who had never been freed under the Emancipation Proclamation, erupted in joy and rushed to freedom.

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Show threadDr. D. Elisabeth GlasscoJun 3, 2023

The Raid on Combahee Ferry was depicted in the epilogue of the 2019 film, Harriet.

Clip of the scene:

https://youtu.be/rAa2_fTwcQI

Resources on the Raid at Combahee Ferry:

https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/combahee-ferry-raid

https://www.history.com/news/harriet-tubman-facts-daring-raid

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/combahee-river-raid-june-2-https://www.history.com/news/harriet-tubman-combahee-ferry-raid-civil-war

https://www.southamptonhistory.org/amp/harriet-tubman-and-the-raid-at-combahee-ferry

https://explorebeaufortsc.com/beaufort-history-harriet-tubman-and-the-combahee-ferry-raid/

https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/honoring-pioneer-harriet-tubman/

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Harriet (2019) - The Combahee River Raid Scene (9/10) | Movieclips

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@Deglassco @[email protected] @BlackMastodon why hasn’t there been a historical action movie about the Combahee River Raid? It seems like an obvious cinematic story and yet it is often just tacked on in epilogues. Also Captain Robert Smalls who started out as a slave but commandeered a CSA naval ship and repeatedly went back and forth between the Union blockade and behind enemy lines, as if that wouldn’t be more entertaining of movie than Captain Phillips
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Show threadDr. D. Elisabeth GlasscoJun 5, 2023
@Sean I agree! Hollywood is slow to catch up. They probably thinner Harriet and Will Smith in Emancipation and a few years ago Twelve Years a Slave is “enough of the slave stuff.” Also, I think there’s a film being made of Robert Smalls.
Show threadSeanJun 5, 2023

@Deglassco when that Robert Smalls bio pic comes out, I'll certainly go see it

IMDb: : Steal Away
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14873150/

https://explorebeaufortsc.com/hollywood-movie-finally-being-made-about-robert-smalls/

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Show threadDr. D. Elisabeth GlasscoJun 5, 2023
@Sean Me too!