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By: Jamie M Brown
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My name isHarriet Tubman.
I was born a slave
in Dorchester
County,
Maryland,
sometime around
1820 and I was
named Araminta
Ross.
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At the age of five
or six, I became a
house servant,
and about seven
years later I wassent to work in the
fields.
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When I was in my
early teens, I was
struck in the head
by a two pound
weight. I was
trying to protect
another field hand
from being struck.
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Sometime around
1844, I married my
husband, John
Tubman. It was
then that I changed
my name to Harriet
after my mother.
John was a free slave
and I wasnt, so ourmarriage didnt last.
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In 1849, I was in
fear of being sold,
so I made my plan
to escape and
runaway to
freedom.
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I followed the
North Star at night
and made my way
to Philadelphia. I
saved up my moneyand made my way
back to Maryland
to free my sister
and her 2 children.
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Then I startedmaking my trips to
the South to free
other slaves, and so
my days as a
conductor on the
Underground
Railroad began.
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They had a reward
out for me. It said
that I was illiterate,
so I always carried
a book with me
and pretended to
read.
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I made about 19trips by time 1860
came around and
I never lost a
single passenger.
I also took part in
antislavery
meetings.
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During the Civil
War I worked for
the Union Army. I
was a cook, a nurse
and I did laundry.
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I was even a spy
and a scout for the
Union Army and I
helped lead a raidup the Combahee
River and freed over
500 slaves.
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After the war Isettled down in
Auburn, NY where I
would spend the
remainder of my
days.
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Images retrieved on 7/24/2010 from the following sites:
http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsc.00057/http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harriet_tubman.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SlaveChildrenUnknown.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harriet_Tubman_Reward_Notice_1849.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harriet_Tubman,_with_rescued_slaves,_New_York_Times.JPGhttp://www.sonofthesouth.net/slavery/photographs/slaves-working-cotton.htmhttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harriet_Tubman.jpghttp://harriettubmanfacts.com/http://www.harriettubmanbiography.com/http://www.followthedrinkinggourd.net/steal_away.htmhttp://gregssketch.blogspot.com/2009/04/harriet-tubman.htmlhttp://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/bradford/frontis.htmlhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/did-harriet-tubman-really-say-that/
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Information retrieved on 7/22/2010 from the following sites:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/j2.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman
Music retrieved on 7/24/2010 from the following sites:
http://www.followthedrinkinggourd.org/Music/5-Bibb,Leon.FollowTheDrinkingGourd.mp3