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Differences And Similarities Between Liz Spocott And Harriet Tubman
Liz Spocott and Harriet Tubman both show similarities in their childhood. Araminta Ross (Harriet Tubman) was born around 1822 in Dorchester County, MD; she was born into slavery. Araminta changed her name from Araminta to Harriet Tubman. When Araminta was 12 years, she got between a white man and a slave, during a fight, so the slave run away and the white man threw a heavy iron weight at the slave, but instead of hitting the slave, he hit Araminta. After the traumatic blow to Harriet Tubman’s head, she started experiencing very vivid dreams and visions. Similarly, Liz Spocott lived on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the 1850s. Liz Spocott was young black woman who is a runaway slave, and she got shot in head while running away but she continued

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