Harriet Tubman was a huge part of the Underground Railroad. She was a big part in helping slaves escape‚ she is seen as a hero in many people’s opinions. Harriet was never sure of her exact age‚ but she believes she was born in Maryland‚ around 1822. She was the fifth child out of nine‚ her mothers name was Harriet Ross and her fathers name Ben Ross. When she had turned six she had been taken to live with James Cook. His wife was a weaver and taught Harriet how to weave. Cook had her work on the
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Harriet Tubman There are many people who lived like heroes and led a life like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ but the person I’m going to write about is special‚ this person is Harriet Tubman. I chose this hero because she did her best to fight slavery. My second reason is because she helped a lot of slaves. My third and final reason is because she always risked her life. This is why I chose Harriet Tubman to write about. Harriet Tubman Fought Slavery with out fear and lots of courage and determination
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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 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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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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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‚ slaves to Anthony
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Do you know who Harriet Tubman is? Also known as (Minty Ross) was a slave. At the age of five was out to do child-care. When harriet turned twelve she was doing field work and hauling logs. Despite she was a hardworking mother for many hard years‚ she lived in Dorchester County‚ Maryland. Harriet was a slave until they her and the other slaves found a route and named it the underground railroad. She spent 10 years going back and forth Harriet was born a slave and raised on Maryland’s Eastern
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290-020 LeAnn Pearson Capener 03 September 2016 Harriet Tubman Biography Profile Harriet Tubman was a strong willed abolitionist and humanitarian who is widely known for being one of the most famous “conductors” on The Underground Railroad. Throughout a span of ten years‚ Harriet‚ formerly known as Araminta or “Minty”‚ would make nineteen trips on The Underground Railroad to help over three-hundred enslaved people find their way to freedom. But Harriet was not always a free woman herself. Born into
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Harriet Tubman was born a slave named Araminta Ross during the year of 1820. She was able to escape twenty-nine years later to start the Underground Railroad and help other slaves escape. Also‚ because she was an abolitionist before the Civil War‚ she became a spy for the Union Army. Because of all her great accomplishments‚ it was revealed that Harriet Tubman would be the new face of the twenty-dollar bill. (Biography) As many people can guess‚ Harriet’s childhood as a slave was not easy. Her sisters
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born as a slaveBorn a slave‚ Harriet Tubman iscan be defined as a self-liberated abolitionist who is hthat is honored for saving hundreds of slaves and helping them reach freedom. Harriet Tubman struggled through her early years working as a slave for plantation owners. Harriet wapossessed ves very little worth to anyone‚ she never got the respect or companionship that which a person needs. She faced discrimination‚ racism‚ and torture from all of her owners. Harriet Tuman dealt with Overcoming various
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