The blow left.

             her with permanent brain damage that caused sudden blackouts.

             throughout the rest of her life. It also left a scar on her.

             forehead.

             At the age of twenty-four, Tubman received permission from.

             her owner to marry a free black man named John Tubman. She.

             remained a slave according to law, but her master allowed her to.

             live with her husband. This gave her a taste of semi-freedom.

             that she grew to addicted to. .

             In 1847, her master died suddenly, making Tubman's slave.

             status uncertain. Her master's son also died, so there was no.

             one to become heir to the plantation. Fearing that she would be.

             sold in order to settle her master's estate, she finally fled for.

             freedom in the North. However, her husband stayed in the south.

             and eventually remarried. Harriet did not marry again until.

             after his death. .

             After she moved to Pennsylvania, Harriet Tubman joined the.

             abolition movement. The abolition movement was a fight to end.

             slavery in the south. She was so passionate about the concept of.

             freedom, that she risked her life and became a conductor on the.

             Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was a network of.

             abolitionists who helped slaves escape from the South by.

             providing them with food and shelter during their journey to the.

             North. On her first trip in 1850, Tubman rescued her sister and.

             her sister's children. The following year she saved her brother,.

             and in 1857 she finally managed to saved her elderly parents. .

             Tubman was a genius when it came to rescuing imprisoned.

             slaves. She constantly changed her escape routes. She also.

             avoided being spotted by angry Southerners who offered large.

             rewards for her capture by dressing up in disguises. Many times.

             she posed as a deranged old man, and even an old woman. .

             Tubman also had the uncanny ability to find food and shelter.

             during these hazardous missions. She carried a special sleeping.

             powder to stop babies from crying and always had a pistol to.

             prevent the people she was rescuing from backing out once the.