Harriet Tubman Influence

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Harriet Tubman did many great things during her life. She was born in the 1820s in Dorchester County, Maryland. Her birth name was Araminta Ross. Harriet Tubman was born to enslaved parents named Harriet Greene and Ben Ross. She first started working as a when she was 5 years old as a house slave. I chose Harriet Tubman as my key influencer because she is a very inspiring person to many people of different races. Many changes occurred during Harriet Tubman’s life. First, she walked over 90 miles to Philadelphia using the Underground Railroad to escape slavery. Once she got there, she wanted to free many other people. She risked her life and made over 19 trips back to the South and freed over 300 slaves. Once the American Civil War started,