Here's What Harriet Got Wrong About Harriet Tubman's Life

The biographical film "Harriet" about American abolitionist and activist Harriet Tubman is already generating Oscar buzz for Cynthia Erivo's portrayal of the title character. The movie opens on a plantation in Maryland and ends with Erivo's character leading an armed expedition of 150 Black soldiers into the famous Combahee River Raid during the American Civil War. The movie covers many famous and infamous moments in American history during the 19th century. But when a Hollywood movie attempts to recreate history, it also tends to bend the truth, even if just a little bit. Here's what "Harriet" got wrong about Harriet Tubman's life.