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On the recordMarch 24, 2013
She fought tirelessly for the Union cause, for the rights of enslaved people, for the rights of women, and for the rights of all.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Proclamation 8943—Establishment of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument

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