1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Harriet Tubman was an abolitionist who guided over 300 people from slavery to freedom in 10 years. (2) Born on January 29, 1820, Tubman was a notable abolitionist who not only freed herself, but also freed others from slavery. (3) Harriet Ross Tubman, born Araminta Minty Ross, was born a slave in the plantation of Edward Brodess in Dorchester County, Maryland. (4) With the Underground Railroad System, in the fall of 1849, Tubman escaped from the Poplar Neck Plantation, heading north to Pennsylvania. (5) With the passing of the Fugitive Slave Law as part of the Compromise of 1850, the operations to help enslaved persons escape became a threat to her life. (6) Despite the passing of the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Law, Tubman was not deterred and continued her work, rerouting the railroad to Canada instead. (7) Tubman made 13 trips back to Maryland, guiding 300 enslaved persons to freedom in the process. (8) During the arduous process of helping fugitive enslaved persons escape through the Underground Railroad System not a single person succumbed to death under her supervision. (9) Tubman led an estimated 50 to 60 enslaved persons towards Canada. (10) During the year of 1858, Tubman aided John Brown, by recruiting supporters for the John Brown’s Harper’s Ferry Raid, a plan to attack slaveholders in Virginia and Maryland to help enslaved persons flee and become freedmen. (11) In the beginning of the Civil War, Tubman served as a cook and as a nurse in South Carolina and Florida. (12) Tubman also recruited African-American soldiers to join the regiment of African-American Soldiers. (13) Later in recognition for her abilities, Tubman served as an army scout and spy for Colonel James Montgomery. (14) Tubman distinguished herself as the first woman to lead an armed expedition in the Civil War, the Combahee River Raid, resulting in more than 700 enslaved persons in