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Brief Summary Of Harriet Tubman's Life

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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

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Araminta Harriet Ross was born into slavery around 1820 in Maryland. After many years of slavery, violence, and other daily hardships, she married a free man by the name of John Tubman and changed her name to Harriet. She was still a slave while she was married, but after the death of her owner in 1849, she successfully escaped. But instead of staying in the north, she risked her freedom and went back to became a conductor of the underground railroad. She also remarried and adopted a child named Gertie after her years on the “tracks”.

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Araminta Ross was born into slavery in Dorchester, Maryland around 1822. At the age of 5, she was already taking care of other children, when at that age most kids would be building a Lego set or improving on their reading. In 1844, she married a free black man named John Tubman, and from then on was more famously known as Harriet Tubman. Tubman was

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“I had reasoned this out in my mind; there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other,” is what Harriet Tubman thought to herself as she was getting ready to escape from slavery (BGE). Harriet Tubman was born as Araminta Ross around 1822, as they did not track the birth date of enslaved people (BGE). She was born into slavery, and at the age of 5 was hired out to do child-care (BGE). At 27 years old, she decided that she would escape slavery, escaping on foot, only traveling when the skies were dark enough to see stars. She followed north-south traveling streams and rivers to help her reach freedom.

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Good Copy Harriet Tubman’s early life Harriet Tubman or Araminta Ross was just barely five whole years old when she took care of white children, their farms and houses because the white people were enslaving the black people as well as using them abusively. They gave black people, including Harriet Tubman, very low pay or no pay at all. Harriet Tubman didn’t go to school because she was enslaved; she was also a peasant because she was black and part of the black community. Tubman’s career and struggles. As a child, Tubman suffered a head injury that could be fatal; she always got headaches after and Tubman went through brain surgery in the 1890s.

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During the abolitionist movement Harriet Tubman was referred to as the “Moses of her people”, this is because of her tremendous amount of confidence in trying and freeing as many slaves as she could. Harriet Tubman contributed help in freeing nearly 100 slaves, She faced the challenges of a permanent disease as a slave, and she inspired others to join the movement through her example. Harriet Tubman was born Araminta Ross, Minty, Maryland. Her parents were Harriet Green and Benjamin Ross. When she was young she was often sold out by her owner to do work, this is how she found love for the outdoors.

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From a life of slavery to being a conductor, a spy, a nurse, and an abolitionist. These were the roles that Harriet Tubman played throughout her lifetime. Harriet Tubman was born as a slave in Dorchester County, Maryland to the name Araminta Ross, in the year 1822 or around that time. Since 1849 to her death in 1913, she did remarkable things for others including being a conductor of the underground railroad, a spy for the union troops, a caretaker, and a nurse for the wounded soldiers of the Union. Even though all of Harriet Tubman’s work is exceptional, her work as a nurse and caretaker was her greatest achievement.

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Even though she was a freed slave who used this network of people to gain freedom, she continued to go back and free others in the same situation as she was. As time went on and the Underground Railroad became more successful, the Northern states were no longer a safe spot for the former slaves. The Bloodhound or Fugitive Slave Act meant that any escaped slave found in the North must be returned to the South. Canada was now the only way for them to be truly free. Harriet Tubman would travel about 160 miles from Bucktownto Philadelphia, then another 375 miles up to Canada to help give the former slaves the freedom they deserved.

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I. Identification of Work The book, “Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom” was written by Catherine Clinton. Catherine Clinton is the Professor of American History at University of Texas San Antonio. She is extremely qualified due to her intensive work dealing with this time period of American History. She studied sociology and American History at Harvard and then received her Ph.D. at Princeton University.

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Harriet Tubman Biography By Annaka Holthaus Araminta Harriet Ross was born in Dorchester Country Maryland between 1820 and 1825. We do not know her actual date of birth is unknown because she was born into slavery, so it was not recorded. Later on, she married John Tubman which changed her last name to Tubman. Her parents were Ben Ross, and Harriet Green, also known as “Rit.”

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She didn't stop there, she said. She helped many others escape too, using something called the Underground Railroad. It was like a secret map that helped enslaved people find their way to freedom in the North (Britannica). Tubman was incredibly brave. She even worked as a spy for the Union Army during the Civil War.

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Tubman found out he thought she died so he remarried a different woman and she was now pregnant, even though Tubman was very hurt she still wanted to help the couple. Tubman asked if she could help them get to freedom, but John refused. (Harrit Tubman 2024). After Tubman returned to Philadelphia, she started working in the Civil War as a spy, scout, and Nurse in 1862 (Harriet Tubman).

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Harriett had dreams of running away and was inspired by a fellow slave Nat Turner to finally make the journey. During her childhood she was hit in the head with a rock causing symptoms of narcolepsy which led to further complications in her path to freedom. She was given information about the underground railroad leading her to freedom, including to follow the North star, the side of the tree the moss grows on and to use the river to her benefit losing her sent for the dogs that would begin hunting her. She finally made it to Philadelphia and claimed her

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The text “Harriet Tubman” is available at http://www.harriettubman.com/. Life, Liberty and Legacy” states, “The 1850 Fugitive Slave Act passed by Congress created a more dangerous journey for any enslaved person traveling northbound. With the government compelling northern law enforcement to now capture free Black Americans, Tubman’s strategies as a conductor became more militant and she began carrying a firearm for protection.” Harriet remained determined, even when the Fugitive Slave Act was passed. She adapted, in order to keep on fighting for equality. She was fighting for a goal, and wanted to see it through, conveying her dedication.

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Harriet Tubman is a larger than life icon and an American hero. Harriet was born into a family of eleven children who were born into slavery. Benjamin Ross and Harriet Greene were her parents, and lived on a plantation in Dorchester County, Maryland. Harriet was put to work by the age of five, and served as a maid and children’s nurse. At the age of six Araminta was taken from her parents to live with James Cook, whose wife was a weaver, to learn the skills of weaving.

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