Harriet Tubman 3
Her real name was Harriet Beecher Stowe. Born as a salve on June 14, 1820 on a plantation in Maryland. There were 8 children in her family and she was the sixth. When she was five, her Mother died. Her Father remarried one year later and in time had three more children. Her Father always wanted her to be a boy. When Harriet was only 13 years old, she tried to stop a person from being whipped and went between the two people. The white man hit her in the head with a shovel and she blacked out. From then on she had awful migraines and would sometimes just collapse on the ground while she was working. She served as a field hand and house servant on a Maryland plantation. In 1844 she married John Tubman, who was a free black. In 1849 she escaped to the North, where slaves could be free before the outbreak of the American Civil war. In 1861 she made 19 trips back to help lead other slaves. She led them to freedom along the clandestine route known as the Underground Railroad. She also led an estimated 300 slaves to freedom including her mother and father and six of her 11 brothers and sisters. Harriet's first rescue was in Baltimore, where she led her sister, Mary Ann Bowlet and her
two children to the North. In 1849, Harriet was to be sold to a slave trader. She was taken from her husband and didn't know where she was going to end up. She escaped that night. She traveled only when it was dark and slept during the day. She would hide in haystacks, barns, and houses. Harriet would always carry a revolver during her many trips to the South because a slave who returned to slavery could reveal people who facilitated the passages of escapees by offering them food ad shelter. Harriet would threaten to shoot anyone who out of fear of being caught decided to return during the trip north. Slave owners offer a $40,000 reward to release the free slaves. Towards the end of the war, Harriet spent her time running up and down the coast, from South Carolina to Florida, organizing classes in washing, sewing, and cooking. She also worked to find people jobs. Her goal was to teach them how to respect themselves by earning their own living. In early March her breathing became rough. She later died from pneumonia. With her friends around her, on March 10, 1913 at the age of 93, she died in peace. In conclusion, Harriet Tubman was an influence on everyone because of her courage, strength, and efforts. Harriet's wits, brains, and strength helped her live as long as she did and survive through the cold, dark world for blacks. „h After the Civil War was over, Harriet accompanied Union Soldiers into the South in order to help retrieve nearly 800 slaves whose owners refused to release. „h Harriet was sold and separated from her family, so she ran away at age twenty-eight and found her way to freedom on the "Underground Railroad." There she led slaves out of the South to freedom in the North or Canada. These fearless blacks were called "Conductors" on the Underground Railroad. Blacks
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