
High Tide
Episode #308
2025-03-14 05:00:44
Right after sunset, three boats sailed towards the rice plantations on the Combahee River. Harriet Tubman knew they had to hurry – they only had six hours before the changing tide would make it very difficult to get away.
Edda L. Fields-Black’s book is “COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War.”
Episode transcript will be posted here as soon as it is available.