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Harriet Tubman Characteristics
Harriet Tubman was a slave in Maryland in 1820. Once she was born she was considered a slave. No one knows the exact date when Harriet Tubman’s birthday is. Her first job was at the age of five. Tubman was hired to take care of an infant. Harriet Tubman’s job was trying not to make the infant cry, so every time the infant cries Miss Susan the mother of the baby, whips Harriet Tubman on the neck. These scars around her neck stayed there forever. Then she was weak so then she was sent home.

When she was eight she was hired again and her masters were arguing. So, then she took a lump of sugar that she really wanted to try. Then she was punished so she ran away. “For three days she found a shelter in a pigpen where she had to compete with
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Then, all the slaves were happy and thankful. “She never lost a “passenger on the Underground Railroad. No one really knows her age when she started freeing the slaves because like I said before, no one knows her age or birthday. After she started freeing slaves cops started looking for her. If someone found her they would've paid a lot of money to them.

Her characteristics are Courageous, Valiant, Hardworking, Resourceful, Served others without rewards, Generous, and Firmly believed in God. People would call her Moses and Minty. Her spouse was John Tubman until they got divorced, and then she found Nelson Davis. Her mother is Harriet Greenie Ross, and her dad is Ben Ross. She adopted a son Gertie Davis.

Harriet Tubman lived in Maryland and Auburn. She died from having pneumonia on March 10, 1913. She died in Auburn and buried in the Auburn’s Fort Hill Cemetery. She must have died at the age of 88 or 98. Her heirs were her niece Mary Gaston, grandniece, Katy Steward, and Frances Smith.

In conclusion, I think Harriet Tubman was a brave, strong and a courageous woman. She could’ve died. In my opinion, I love her story. I would suggest this story to people who are interested in black history. What Tubman did was very nice. Instead of thinking only for herself she thought of others I like it that she was a Christian and was

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