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Harriet Tubman had a huge impact on American society. In the end, she had saved the lives of over 700 slaves and potentially helped many more. She was one of the strongest voices for freedom and the abolishment for slavery. She helped transform America so that everyone would be able to be treated fairly and equally. Although equality is still an issue she was still able to make it much easier for African-Americans today. If it weren't for her some people we are friends with today wouldn't be our friends but our slaves.
Date and place of birth
The birth records of slaves weren't kept back then, but they estimated that Tubman was born around March 1822, in Dorchester County, Maryland, US
As a child Harriet had to take care of her younger siblings because her mom was usually very busy when she got assigned to "the big house". When she was around the age of 5 Brodess hired her out as a nurse maid to a woman named Miss Susan. She wold watch after a baby as it slept and if it woke up and cried she would get whipped. There was one day where she got whipped 5 times before breakfast, and she kept those scars for the rest of her life. She tried to resist running away and wore more layers of clothing to try and protect herself from being hurt and she aslo fought back at times. She also worked for planter named James Cook. She was incharge of checking the muskrat traps in nearby marshes, even after getting measles. She became so sick that Cook sent her back to Brodess, where her mother took care of her until she got healthy again. As she grew older and stronger, she did work in the fields and did forest work, driving oxen, plowing, and hauling logs. As a child in Dorchester County, Tubman wasalways beaten by the masters. Earlier in life, she suffered a severe head wound when hit by a heavy metal weight. The injury caused disabling epileptic seizures, headaches, powerful visions, and dream experiences, which occurred throughout her life. Being a Christian she thoguht these visions were from God.
Author, Unknown. Harriet Tubman. [Online]
Harriet was a civil rights activists. On September 17, 1849 harriet escaped from slavery after the death of their master. The widow of their master found them missing and sent out a runaway poster and a reward of $100 each, for their capture and return. Her brothers were also having second thoguths about it, her brother Ben was also expecting a child. They decided to go back and dragged harriet along wiht them. Soon after she escaped again, though there was not an exact destination she wanted to reach she made use of the Underground Railroad She traveled only at night, using the North Star and instructions from helpers in the Underground Railroad to guide her about 90 miles to Pennsylvania. She went to Philadelphia, worked different jobs, and began to make plans for a return to Maryland to help her family and eventually anyone who would take the risk of flight to freedom. She became involved in abolitionist organizations, including the Underground Railroad, which provided safe havens and guidance for escaping slaves. She saved many of her family members and when she went to go get her husband she found out he had remarried with a freewoman. Following the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, Harriet left Philadelphia and moved to St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, where she brought many of the slaves she freed. She freed more than 700 slaves
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman#Escape_from_slavery, 25 February 2016
Author, Unknown. Harriet Tubman Quotes. [Online]
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Harriet was born to Harriet Green and Ben Ross (who were also slaves). She had 8 siblings, Linah, Mariah Ritty, Soph, Robert, Ben, Rachel, Henry and Moses. Harriet's mother had a difficult time trying to keep her family together and slavery threatened to tear it apart. Her mother's "owner" Edward Brodess sold 3 of her sisters, Linah, Mariah Ritty and Soph, seperating them from the family forever. In 1844 she married a free black man named John Tubman, but very little is known about him and their reltionship but it did seem complicated because of Harriets slave status and him being free. She was born as Araminta Ross but later got married and gained her last name as Tubman, she also changed her name from Araminta to Harriet soon after her marriage, but we don't exactly know when. They think she might have changed her name as a part of her plan to escape from slavery, or she might have taken her mother's name, as part of a religious conversion, or to honor another relative.
Editors, Biography. Harriet Tubman Biography.
[Online] Available http://www.biography.com/people/harriet-tubman-9511430, March 5, 2016