Harriet tubman childhood life

  • What did harriet tubman do
  • Harriet tubman quotes
  • When did harriet tubman die

    • •

    Tubman was born into slavery in , and later escaped from Dorchester County, Maryland to Philadelphia where she lived as a freewoman  

    Once free, Tubman dedicated her life to the abolition of slavery as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. She brought approximately 70 enslaved African Americans to freedom in the north 

    Tubman remained a philanthropist well into her later years, founding the Home for Aged & Indigent Negroes and supporting women’s rights

    "I had reasoned this out in my mind; there was one of two things I had the right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.” – Harriet Tubman,  

    Early Life 

    Born Araminta Ross (and affectionately called "Minty") in March of to parents Harriet (Rit) Green Ross and Benjamin Ross, Tubman was one of nine children. The Ross family were enslaved  in Dorchester County, Maryland. Chattel slavery determined that Black people were property that were bought and sold. The children of enslaved wome

  • harriet tubman childhood life

    • •

    Harriet Tubman

    African-American abolitionist (–)

    For the musical group, see Harriet Tubman (band).

    Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c.&#;March&#; – March 10, ) was an American abolitionist and social activist. After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad. During the American Civil War, she served as an armed scout and spy for the Union Army. In her later years, Tubman was an activist in the movement for women's suffrage.

    Born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland, Tubman was beaten and whipped by slave masters as a child. Early in life, she suffered a traumatic head wound when an irate overseer threw a heavy metal weight, intending to hit another slave, but hit her instead. The injury caused dizziness, pain, and spells of hypersomnia, which occurred throughout her life. Afte

    •

    Harriet Tubman

    c.

    Who Was Harriet Tubman?

    Born into slavery in Maryland, Harriet Tubman escaped to freedom in the North in to become the most famous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad. Tubman risked her life to lead dozens of family members and other slaves from the plantation system to freedom on this elaborate secret network of safe houses. A leading abolitionist before the American Civil War, Tubman also helped the Union Army during the war, working as a spy, among other roles.

    After the Civil War ended, Tubman dedicated her life to helping impoverished former slaves and the elderly. In honor of her life and by popular demand, in , the U.S. Treasury Department announced that Tubman would replace Andrew Jackson on the center of a new $20 bill.

    Quick Facts

    FULL NAME: Araminta Harriet Ross
    BORN: c.
    DIED: March 10,
    BIRTHPLACE: Dorchester County, Maryland
    PARENTS: Harriet Green, Ben Ross
    SIBLINGS: Linah, Mariah, Soph, Robert, Benjamin, Rachel, Henry, Moses

    Early L