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Harriet Tubman, who grew up in slavery in Dorchester County, lived, worked, and worshipped in places near the visitor center. It's from this area that she first escaped slavery, and where she returned about 13 times over a decade, risking her life time and again to lead some 70 friends and family members to freedom

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According to the most recent research and oral traditions, Tubman was born in early 1822 on the plantation of Anthony Thompson, Brodess's stepfather, located south of Madison in an area called Peter's Neck in Dorchester County

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Tubman used various methods and paths to escape slavery and to go back and rescue others. She relied on trustworthy people, Black and white, who hid her, told her which way to go, and told her who else she could trust. She used disguises; she walked, rode horses and wagons; sailed on boats; and rode on real trains.

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Her prowess prepared her for the dangerous path she'd pursue as an adult. Tubman successfully escaped to Philadelphia in 1849. Once free, she became an operator of the Underground Railroad — a secret network of people, places and routes that provided shelter and assistance to escaping slaves.

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Harriet real name was Araminta Ross.

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Harriet Tubman had a $40,000 'dead or alive' bounty on her head

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The 1850 fugitive slave act allowed fugituve and freed workers in the north to be captured and enslaved

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During the civil war, Harriet Tubman and other abolitionist worked with the union Army to help slaves travel the north once they became behind the union lines.

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Tubman joined the Union army as a nurse, but also acted as a scout and spy behind enemy lines

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Like many other high-profile women of her time, she became heavily involved with promoting women’s suffrage with figures like Susan B. Anthony