how many slaves did harriet tubman free

Harriet Tubman personally led about 70 enslaved people to freedom via the Underground Railroad, over roughly 13 missions, mainly rescuing family and friends.

However, she also played a key role in the Combahee Ferry Raid during the Civil War, an operation that freed over 700 enslaved people in one night as part of a Union Army mission, not as solo Underground Railroad rescues.

So, depending on what someone counts:

• About 70 people she directly guided out of slavery in her own clandestine missions.

• 700+ more freed in the military raid she helped lead.

Many older stories and school materials still repeat the figure of “300 slaves” freed on the Underground Railroad, but historians now see that as a myth or exaggeration based on early, less accurate biographies.