On the moonlit night of June 2, 1863, Harriet Tubman and 300 Union soldiers, many of them Black, departed Beaufort, South Carolina, on three gunboats.

Believed to have been born in March 1822 in Dorchester County, Maryland, Tubman was named Araminta by her enslaved parents, Rit and Ben Ross. “Minty” was the fifth of nine Ross children.

Hicks: What’s behind Navy ship named Harriet Tubman? History … and a whole lot of politics. By Brian Hicks bhicks@postandcourier.com Jun 11, 2025 ...