Harriet Tubman was raised and slaved in Tidewater Maryland. They gave her the name of Araminta, Minta, or Minty. Her parents were Harriet Greene, also known as Rit, and Benjamin Ross, also known as Ben. The slaves in Maryland would tell time by the sun; sun up, sun high, sun down. There years were not divided by months but by seasons; Seedtime, Cotton Blossom time, Harvest, Christmas. The years were divided by the things that happened; the year... the master died, new mast was born, the big storm, early frost, long drought.

Slaves in Maryland would always talk about freedom. Some say that if you could escape to the north you could become free, or if the master manumits them they would be free when he died for working so hard in the fields while the master was alive. If a slave were to runaway to the north and get caught they would whip them severely and brand them with an R o

Harriet made several trips back to her home land, Maryland. Harriet had only come to Maryland on long winter nights when the owners of slaves stayed inside, nice and warm. She had friends all along the Underground Railroad. She also hired a man to follow the distributor of the wanted signs just so he could take them down right away. Harriet even threatened to shoot a man that fell behind on her travels and wanted to turn back. As soon as the man heard of this he decided to keep going.

r send them to the chain-gang. Harriet Tumban was not too lucky when she grew up; she did not get to work in the house and nurse nor did she get to sow but she had to work in the fields plowing, carting, and driving the oxen with the rest of her family. In Harriet's youth she received a sever blow which was severe for a long time, and made her very lethargic. She was married about 1844 to a free colored man named John Tubman, but never had any children.

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