Connacht (ËkÉnÉt) or or Connaught. 1  a province and ancient kingdom of NW Republic of Ireland: consists of the counties of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo. 2  Pop: 464 296 (2002). 3  Area: 17 122 sq km (6611 sq miles).oun. 1  a province and ancient kingdom of NW Republic of Ireland: consists of the counties of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo. 2  Pop: 464 296 (2002). 3  Area: 17 122 sq km (6611 sq miles).
When the US Civil War began, Tubman worked for the Union Army, first as a cook and nurse, and then as an armed scout and spy. The first woman to lead an armed expedition in the war, she guided the raid at Combahee Ferry, which liberated more than seven hundred slaves.
Who was Harriet Tubman? is a biography by Yona Zeldis McDonough that is a short 105 pages long but full of information and illustrations. Early in the 1600âs America brought many slaves from Africa against their will to the United states.