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nineteenth century. Though she was a descendant of African

origin-- a group highly discriminated against in that time

period-- she achieved many accomplishments. Some of these

accomplishments included aiding the women?s rights movement,

raising money for public education, opening a nursing home for

aged blacks, and even having a high school named in her honor.

She even worked as a spy and a nurse for the Union army in the

Civil War. Yet, her most famous and noted accomplishment was her

involvement in the freeing of hundreds of imprisoned slaves

Harriet Tubman, born in 1820 with the name of Araminta Ross,

was one of eleven children. Since her parents were slaves on a

plantation in Dorchester, Maryland, Harriet was born into

slavery. She was put to work at the age of five and served as a

maid and a children?s nurse. However, little Harriet was a

feisty child, and often refused to follow her master?s orders.

Many times she simply did not work as fast as the other slaves.

She was eventually moved from the house to work in the field at

the age of twelve. This was fine, because she preferred work in

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