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    As many people know‚ Harriet Tubman was one of the most widely known leaders of The Underground Railroad. In her time working on The Underground Railroad‚ Harriet rescued over 300 slaves‚ making her an extraordinary heroine. Harriet was lucky to have a small amount of family members on the same plantation as her. She was a hard worker until she had a brick thrown at her head by a slave overseer when she was a young girl. When Harriet was older‚ she was allowed to work for pay on another plantation

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    Harriet Tubman The United States has a long history of using African slaves to cheap labour. The slaves worked on plantations under very bad circumstances‚ their lives were miserable. Many times‚ slaves tried to riot or escape from the plantations. The Underground Railroad is the name of an escape route that many African slaves used in the 19th hundreds. Harriet Tubman was born into slavery but used this route to gain freedom. Later she went back to help other runaways‚ she became an important person

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    Jasmine Buford Mr. Johnson History 2020 18 April 2011 Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad Harriet Tubman‚ also known as “Moses”‚ played a big part in American history for her role as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. A former slave‚ Tubman was a determined woman who never gave up and knew she would one day fulfill her dream of becoming a free woman. She was born somewhere around 1820 as Araminta Ross in Dorchester County‚ Maryland. Her parents were Harriet Green and Benjamin Ross‚

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    Who is Harriet Tubman? Harriet Tubman was an African-American abolitionist‚ humanitarian‚ and Union spy during the American Civil War‚ and was also known as the conductor of the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman was born in 1820‚ in Dorchester County‚ Maryland as Araminta Harriet Ross. She later changed her first name to Harriet‚ after her mother. She was also known by the nicknames of Minty or Moses. She was one of eleven children of Harriet and Benjamin Ross‚ and she was of pure African

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    Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman was born Araminta Ross to slave parents‚ Harriet Green and Ben Ross. Harriet Green was known as Rit. Harriet Tubman was known as Minty. Rit was owned by Mary Pattison Brodess and later her son Edward. Her mother Rit who may have been the child of a white man was a cook for the Brodess family .Her father Ben was a skilled woodsman who managed the timber work on Thompson’s plantation.In Harriet’s childhood‚ Harriet had to watch her little brother and a baby because

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    Harriet Tubman‚ who’s birth name was Araminta Ross‚ was born near Bucktown in Dorchester County‚ Maryland. Unfortunately‚ Tubman was born into slavery and many of her documents were not able to be saved. When Harriet‚ Araminta at the time‚ was born‚ she was nicknamed “Minty” for her real name. Absolutely nobody knows what year Harriet was born. Harriet was a tough woman‚ surviving through the most difficult obstacles that could come upon her. Being born into slavery‚ her life began hard and did not

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    Harriet Tubman was born in Dorchester County‚ Maryland sometime between 1819 and 1822.(5) Her birth name is actually Araminta Harriet Ross‚ and her nickname was “Minty”(1). Later‚ she adopted the name Harriet after her mother. Born a slave‚ Tubman had a hard childhood. She mostly worked in the field until her owner sold her out to make more money. Her new owner‚ known as “Miss Susan”‚ put her to work as a house slave. She wasn’t good at this because she had never done any housework before‚ or even

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    “FRAILITY‚ THOU NAME IS NOT HARRIET TUBMAN” “Now look here. I done worked as hard as any man for twenty-four years. I made my way to freedom on my own‚ and now I intend to help my family. I’m not afraid of what I have to do‚ and I sure ain’t afraid just because I am a woman!” Yes‚ shades of my ole buddy Sojourner Truth ripple though the words of my new hero‚ Harriet Tubman. Spoken with the verve of a true martyr for freedom‚ and a liberal dose of Sojourner spunk these words convinced

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    While reading “Harriet Tubman and the Raid at Combahee Ferry”‚ I realized several key factors. First off‚ the raid by the Union solders was such a huge success that it’s tactics were mimicked for multiple operations. Another feature to be recognized is that this raid was highly successful due to the fact that it was led by Harriet Tubman‚ the only escaped‚ woman slave to have conducted such a brilliant military operation throughout American history. The raid at Combahee Ferry proved the usefulness

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    know today as Harriet Tubman. She was born in 1820‚ Dorchester County‚ Maryland. She was born a slave and the owner did not record their birthdates. Harriet’s ancestors had been brought to America from Africa during the early time period of the 18th Century. Harriet was the 11th child born to Benjamin Ross and Harriet Greene‚ slaves of Edward Brodas‚ at birth her given name was Araminta. By the time she was older‚ she was calling herself Harriet (after her mother’s name). When Harriet was five or six

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