Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in 1820 in Dorchester County, Maryland. She was one of eleven children born to Harriet Greene and Benjamin Ross. Harriet was called Araminta as a child but later adopted the name of her mother, Harriet. Harriet Tubman’s childhood influenced her antislavery views and led to her great work on the Underground Railroad. Although Harriet Tubman achieved historical importance primarily in this role, she was also a spy, nurse, feminist, social reformer, if indeed th
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