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Harriet Tubman

             Best known as the "black moses" Harriet Tubman (1820-1913) is one .
             of the greatest women in American history. She was born on Maryland's .
             eastern shores. Born a slave her life was hard from the beginning. She .
             always wanted to escape and finally built up her courage to actually try.
             When she escaped it wasn't only for her benefit, it was for the benefit of .
             over 300 other slaves she helped free.
             Before helping others escape, Harriet wanted her husband to escape .
             with her but he would not. In fact, he told on her after she fled. She .
             never got caught. Her escape caused separation from her parents and .
             her brothers and sisters. Rarely did she return to her home area but .
             when she did she talked to her family. Her father actually blindfolded .
             himself when yearning to see Harriet so he could tell his master he had.
             not seen her. Her first marriage ended when she left as he remarried.
             Many years later she remarried a very good man, a former slave 20 .
             years younger than her.
             .
             Harriet spent her life serving others. She had many adventures helping.
             other slaves escape. One of her most difficult missions was having to re-.
             move torpedos from the water where they were escaping. Another time .
             many slaves with her were about to board boats. They were so terrified,.
             clinging onto the boats, that they wanted to go back as much as forward.
             Harriet started singing a Gospel song and it worked. It calmed them and.
             they sang along. Her own personal escape years earlier was uneventful .
             but brilliant. She simply walked past her master as if doing a task.
             Harriet had many obstacles to overcome during her incredible life.
             Early in childhood her mean master struck her on the head. Her scar .
             was a reminder as was her lifelong headaches. She also had sleeping .
             spells. She would fall asleep no matter where she was in a matter of .
             seconds. She was always poor but God always provided for her no.
             matter what the need.


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1. Harriet Tubman

... travel north reaching and crossing over Mason-Dixon Line, the line that divided the free from the slave states (us News). Born into slavery in 1820, Harriet Tubman, daughter of Benjamin Ross and Harriet Green, was one of eleven children (Magill 5: 2342). She was a third generation slave, "her ancestors of Ashanti decent, had been brought to the ... -(magill2343).""Mah people mus' go free-, she said (The Readers companion) a verbal sign that she was going to try anything possible to set her family free. Work Cited Marszalek, John. "Harriet Tubman."" Great Lives From History. Vol 5 Frank ...

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2. Biography of Harriet Tubman

... Underground Railroad. This was a secret system of people and safe houses that helped slaves get to freedom in the North. In 1844, Minty married John Tubman. He was a free Black man. Minty changed her name to Harriet Tubman. Because she was a slave, she still needed to work for her master. She always dreamed of escaping to the North, but her husband wanted to ... her friends to freedom. She became the "conductor" of the Underground Railroad. In 10 years, she made about 12 trips to Maryland and led 70 slaves to freedom. Harriet Tubman was a very courageous woman and was known as the "Mose...

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3. Harriet tubman

Harriet Tubman is perhaps the most famous of all the Underground Railroad's "conductors." During a ten-year span, she made 19 trips into the South and lead ... later caused her to have spells in which she would fall into a deep sleep. Around 1844 she married a free black named John Tubman and took his last name. She later changed her first name to Harriet, which was her mother"s name. In 1849, in fear that she, along with the other slaves on the plantation, was to ... nineteen times by 1860, including one especially challenging journey in which she rescued her then 70-year-old parents. Becom...

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4. Harriet Tubman

... spoke in Boston at antislavery meetings, and supplied material to the National Anti-Slavery Standard in New York City. When the Civil War began, Harriet Tubman was attached to the Union Army in South Carolina, serving as a cook, nurse, scout for raiding parties, and spy behind Confederate lines. ... 1913, and she was buried with full military honors. The citizens of Auburn raised a monument in her memory and for some years maintained the Harriet Tubman Home for needy blacks, of which she had been the founder. he term Underground Railroad arose as a colloquialism during America's pre-Civi...

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5. Hariet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

... overseers. (www.negrospirituals.com, 11/22/03). The Underground Railroad maintained numerous conductors through its many years of exsistance. The reputed leader of the railroad was Levi Coffin of Cincinnati. Harriet Tubman, who fled from Maryland to her freedoms, was the first passenger, conductor and agent of the Underground Railroad (Dumond, 360). Many would argue that she was the originator of the ... the slave was either shot, whipped, or sold to the deep south, where they would probably die anyway (McDonough, 56). Harriet Tubman was born in 1821 on a plantation in Maryland to slave...

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6. Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

"I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew that they were slaves." Harriet Tubman was one of the most interesting characters in our nation's history because of her strong desire for freedom despite the tremendous obstacles in ... the rest of her life. Soon after she recovered from her illness, she married a free black man, John Tubman. She took on the last name of John Tubman and soon changed her name from Araminta to Harriet. Harriet worked long hours, everyday out in the fields. She may have been a tiny lady, but she was mighty ... at Harper's Ferry, w...

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7. Harriet Tubman

... 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 these terms can adequately describe her various activities. Harriet had long heard of the Underground Railroad, the ... , intellect, and...

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8. Harriet Tubman

Amanda White 3/26/02 S.F.A S.S 5-106 Harriet Tubman The legendary Harriet Tubman was known far and wide for her achievements. She was born in 1820 on a plantation in Maryland. She and her family were slaves. She guided many slaves through the underground railroad with the help of others. Harriet was said to be unique. She knew and believed that slavery was wrong. Many times she along with ... result of this trauma was that she would suddenly fall into deep sleeps. While Harriet was a slave she met the love of her life, John Tubman. At that time John was a free man, they married each other, an...

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9. Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman was born in the Brodas plantation. As a child her name was Minty. Minty stayed with her mother until she was six. Minty didn't have to big of an idea ... families. Only later to be caught, or forced to come back from hunger. Somewhere along the line she met a free black man named John Tubman. They became married after a short period of time. As an adult Harriet kept thinking of how wrong slavery is, and how she could get her family and friends out of it. For her mother, father, brothers, ... sisters, and friends were still slaves all over. Harriet was making p...

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10. Harriet Tubman

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