Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery. She had a hard early life. She escaped from slavery to become an abolonist for slavery. Lastly, her later life wasn’t very difficult.
Harriet Tubman was born between 1820 and 1825 no one really knew the exact year. Harriet was born to enslaved parents in Dorchester County, Maryland. Tubman’s original name was Armanita Harriet Ross. Her father was Ben Ross and her mother was Harriet “rit” Green. Her early life was filled with hardships. Mary Brodess son of Edward sold three of her sister to distant plantations. Harriet faced physical violence I her daily life and her family. The overseer threw a two-pound weight at her head it caused permanent physical injuries. Tubman endured seizures, severe headaches, and narcoleptic episodes for the rest of her life.
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Tubman decided to escape following a bout of illness and the death of her owner in 1849. A notice published in the Cambridge democrat offered a $300 reward for Harriet and her two brothers Harry and Ben. Tubman made an “Underground Railroad” which was a network of secret routes and safe houses to help escaped slaves; it traveled nearly 90 miles to Philadelphia. She went back to help the others escape, Tubman guided a group of eleven fugitives northward.
In early 1859, abolonist Senator William M. Seward sold Tubman a small piece of land on the dutskirts of Auburn, New York. As Tubman aged, the head injuries became more painful and disruptive. She died of Phuemonia in 1913. Harriet was one of the most heroic civilians in American History.
Harriet Tubman was a wonderful, strong, and brave women. She faced many hardships in early life. She was a slaver abolonist, and had an okay life after