Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in Maryland. She escaped and became an acclaimed leader and abolitionist. With great skill and determination, she led, with the help of the Underground Railroad, approximately 70 enslaved people to freedom. During the Civil War she spent several years in Beaufort, South Carolina working as a laundress, a baker, a nurse, and a spy. On June 2, 1863, she assisted in the Combahee Raid that rescued over 700 slaves. In 2006 the South Carolina State Legislature named the US Highway 17 bridge over the Combahee River the Harriet Tubman bridge in recognition of her leadership in freeing slaves. The Berners Barnwell Sam’s House at 310 New Street, Beaufort, South Carolina, which was built in 1810, became a Union hospital during the War and was one of the places where Tubman worked.