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    Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in Maryland around 1820 under the name Araminta Ross. She endured a difficult childhood as a slave, working in the fields and being struck in the head. In her early 20s, she married a free black man but remained a slave. Fearing she would be sold, she escaped in 1849 by following the North Star to Philadelphia. She then made return trips to Maryland to rescue family and other slaves as a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, rescuing over 300 people in total. During the Civil War, she worked as a cook, nurse, and scout for the Union Army. After the war, she settled in Auburn, New York, where she

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    Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in Maryland around 1820 under the name Araminta Ross. She endured a difficult childhood as a slave, working in the fields and being struck in the head. In her early 20s, she married a free black man but remained a slave. Fearing she would be sold, she escaped in 1849 by following the North Star to Philadelphia. She then made return trips to Maryland to rescue family and other slaves as a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, rescuing over 300 people in total. During the Civil War, she worked as a cook, nurse, and scout for the Union Army. After the war, she settled in Auburn, New York, where she

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    Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in Maryland around 1820 under the name Araminta Ross. She endured a difficult childhood as a slave, working in the fields and being struck in the head. In her early 20s, she married a free black man but remained a slave. Fearing she would be sold, she escaped in 1849 by following the North Star to Philadelphia. She then made return trips to Maryland to rescue family and other slaves as a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, rescuing over 300 people in total. During the Civil War, she worked as a cook, nurse, and scout for the Union Army. After the war, she settled in Auburn, New York, where she

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    My Life:

    The Story of Harriet Tubman


    By: Jamie M Brown
    My name is
    Harriet Tubman.
    I was born a slave
    in Dorchester
    County,
    Maryland,
    sometime around
    1820 – and I was
    named Araminta
    Ross.
    At the age of five
    or six, I became a
    house servant,
    and about seven
    years later I was
    sent to work in
    the fields.
    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.
    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 wasn’t, so our
    marriage didn’t last.
    In 1849, I was in
    fear of being sold,
    so I made my plan
    to escape and
    runaway to
    freedom.
    I followed the
    North Star at night
    and made my way
    to Philadelphia. I
    saved up my money
    and made my way
    back to Maryland
    to free my sister
    and her 2 children.
    Then I started
    making my trips to
    the South to free
    other slaves, and
    so my days as a
    “conductor “ on
    the Underground
    Railroad began.
    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.
    I made about 19
    trips by time 1860
    came around and
    “I never lost a
    single passenger”.
    I also took part in
    antislavery
    meetings.
    During the Civil
    War I worked for
    the Union Army. I
    was a cook, a nurse
    and I did laundry.
    I was even a spy
    and a scout for the
    Union Army and I
    helped lead a raid
    up the Combahee
    River and freed over
    500 slaves.
    After the war I
    settled down in
    Auburn, NY where
    I would spend the
    remainder of my
    days.
    References:
    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.jpg
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SlaveChildrenUnknown.jpg
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harriet_Tubman_Reward_Notice_1849.jpg
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harriet_Tubman,_with_rescued_slaves,_New_York_Ti
    mes.JPG
    http://www.sonofthesouth.net/slavery/photographs/slaves-working-cotton.htm
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harriet_Tubman.jpg
    http://harriettubmanfacts.com/
    http://www.harriettubmanbiography.com/
    http://www.followthedrinkinggourd.net/steal_away.htm
    http://gregssketch.blogspot.com/2009/04/harriet-tubman.html
    http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/bradford/frontis.html
    http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/did-harriet-tubman-really-say-that/
     
    References:
    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

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