Tubman returned to the South early in the war to assist liberated slaves in Port Royal, South Carolina. The activities of Harriet Tubman are a case in point. With a deep devotion to a war which they pushed to be one of emancipation, and often relying upon Southern prejudices which ignored the intelligence of Black women, they were able to provide invaluable covert assistance to the Union military. In fact, Southern Black women operating as spies, scouts, couriers and guides were willing and able to offer enormous support to Union military personnel and operations. Lee who declared that southern Blacks were the “the chief source of information to the enemy.” Such Northern assertions were joined by those of Confederate General Robert E. An illustration which accompanied the story featured a Black woman hiding ragged, injured Union soldiers. Contemporaries recognized their service, and on the occasion of the upcoming 150th anniversary of the start of the war (April 12) and the close of Black History Month today, it’s a good time for us to recall and recognize it as well.Ī story appeared in the Northern journal Harper’s Weekly in 1864 describing how Southern Blacks were assisting Union soldiers who escaped from prison camps. From the field and slave cabin to the Confederate White House, Black women took an active role in assisting the Union military in winning the Civil War.
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