Summary- Harriet Tubman Born circa 1820, in Dorchester County, Maryland as one of eleven children Araminta Ross was known for her bravery and strong work ethic from early on. Such a work ethic was required in her situation, born into slavery as the daughter of enslaved parents, her mother a cook and her father a skilled woodsman. Young Araminta began work at the young age of merely 6, when she learned the skill of weaving and was severely beaten and punished frequently if she were to slack off in any manner. At age thirteen Araminta was already fighting subtly for human rights, refusing to tie a slave who was going to be whipped for trying to escape to the North, resulting in a metal weight thrown at her head. This injury forever affected her, resulting in severe headaches, narcoleptic attacks, and epilepsy throughout her lifetime. Araminta Ross renamed herself …show more content…
Harriet’s first husband did not agree with her dream of moving north, a free man Tubman insisted he was fine where he was at and did not support her dreams of moving north, even for the sake of their marriage. John Tubman even threatened to tell her master if she were to run off, and tried to put doubt within her mind about her plans, however this failed as she left her husband in 1849, Tubman escaped with the assistance of her two white abolitionist neighbors who helped her escape through means of the underground railroad. After which she found a job in Philadelphia which she saved her pay to help freed slaves. Even after freedom Harriet