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Harriet Tubman (born 1820 or 1822 in Dorchester County, Maryland, died March 10, 1913 in Auburn, New York), also known as "Black Moses, "Grandma Moses," or "Moses of Her People," was an African-American abolitionist. An escaped slave, she worked as a lumberjack, laundress, nurse, and cook. As an abolitionist, she acted as intelligence gatherer, refugee organizer, raid leader, nurse, and fundraiser, all as part of the struggle for liberation from slavery and racism.
Early life
Tubman was born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland. Extensive research now reveals that Harriet Tubman was probably born in late February or early March, 1822, in an area south of Madison called Peter's Neck. Harriet herself claimed she was born sometime between 1820-1825. Born Araminta Ross, she was the fifth of nine children, four boys and five girls, of Ben and Harriet Greene Ross. She rarely lived with her owner, Edward Brodess, but from the age of six was frequently hired out to other masters. She endured inhumane treatment from some masters, including an incident where an overseer who she had prevented from capturing a runaway slave hurled a two-pound weight at her, striking her head. As a result of the severe blow, she suffered intermittent epileptic seizures for the rest of her life. During this period Edward Brodess sold three of Harriet's sisters, Linah, Soph, and Mariah Ritty. When she was a young adult she took the name Harriet, possibly in honor of her mother. Around 1844 she married John Tubman, a free black. He lived in Philadelphia-where Harriet immigrated to when she ran away.
Escape and abolitionist career
Edward Brodess died in early March 1849, leaving behind his wife, Eliza Brodess , and eight children. To pay her dead husband's mounting debts and to save her small farm from seizure, Eliza decided to sell some of the family's slaves. Fearing sale into the Deep South, Tubman took her emancipation into her own hands. Sometime in the fall of 1849 she escaped northward, leaving behind her free husband who did not want to follow. On her way she was assisted by sympathetic Quakers and other members of the Abolitionist movement, both black and white, who were instrumental in maintaining the Underground Railroad. More on [ Harriet Tubman ]
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#rihannasforhead guided Harriet Tubman through the underground railroad. with at that shine..
TheekiddZee (Zee Williams) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:28:50 -0000
#rihannasforhead guided Harriet Tubman through the underground railroad. with at that shine..
RT @BKsAceBoogie #rihannasforhead guided Harriet Tubman through the underground railroad.
badblasian (aya) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:24:40 -0000
RT @BKsAceBoogie #rihannasforhead guided Harriet Tubman through the underground railroad.
#rihannasforhead guided Harriet Tubman through the underground railroad.
BKsAceBoogie (Tosin) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:13:07 -0000
#rihannasforhead guided Harriet Tubman through the underground railroad.
and like Harriet Tubman i see light....up from underground
U_ignorANT (Anthony G ) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:00:36 -0000
and like Harriet Tubman i see light....up from underground
going underground like Harriet Tubman....be back in 40
U_ignorANT (Anthony G ) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:20:37 -0000
going underground like Harriet Tubman....be back in 40
@MsBlewBoogie shoulda known.. lol name sounds like some1 Harriet Tubman helped on the undg railroad
bradley_pegues (Bradley Pegues) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:25:20 -0000
@MsBlewBoogie shoulda known.. lol name sounds like some1 Harriet Tubman helped on the undg railroad
Bound for the Promised Land - Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero - Biography by historian Kate Clifford Larson with a chronology of her life, accounts of the Underground Railroad, photos, illustrations, links, and information about the book.
Meta Description: [ Most complete and authoritative biography of Harriet Tubman in over 60 years. By Kate Clifford Larson. Ballantine Books/Random House. ]
Harriet Tubman - A very brief biography of the Underground Railroad leader and Civil War spy.
Harriet Tubman - An illustrated profile, including bibliography and related links.
Meta Description: [ A profile of Harriet Tubman, a slave who escaped to freedom and then helped more than 300 other slaves escape. She was an abolitionist and proponent of Civil Rights in addition to being a Civil War soldier and spy. ]
Harriet Tubman - A biography with a photograph.
Harriet Tubman - Organizer of the Underground Railroad - Brief biography with links..
Meta Description: [ Harriet Tubman was born a slave in Dorchester County Maryland on the Lower Eastern Shore. She organized the Underground Railroad ]
Harriet Tubman - Runaway Slave, Conductor of the Underground Railroad - Biography, including images and links.
Meta Description: [ Harriet Tubman was a runaway slave from Maryland who became known as the Moses of her people during the American Civil War. ]
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