Harriet Tubman by Karen Robledo

life n background

25355_21 — 2024-05-10 21:08:31 UTC

Harriet Tubman was a famous Underground Railroad conductor. She helped save over 300 enslaved people. She grew up in slavery in Dorchester county. She did not have any education, she also had suffered with epilepsy. When Harriet escaped in 1827, she had a $40,000 dead or alive bounty on her head. And at the age of 13 she nearly died.

family

25355_21 — 2024-05-10 21:20:01 UTC

Harriet had eight siblings, four brothers and four sisters. Harriet's three sisters were sold and she never seen them again. As for Harriet's brothers, they worked in the same house. Her youngest brother Moses was about to be sold but Rit was able to resist being separated from her son. Harriet's mother worked as a cook for Brodess family, and her father worked as a timber worker and Thompson's plantation.

The underground railroad

25355_21 — 2024-05-10 21:24:32 UTC

The underground railroad was an organization for people, white or black, free or enslaved, to help enslaved people escape and gain freedom. Harriet Tubman was a famous conductor that helped save over 300 enslaved people. This wasn't actually underground and there was no train, it was just a group of people trying to help enslaved people get out of slavery.

The fugitive slave act

25355_21 — 2024-05-13 21:08:50 UTC

In 1850, the fugitive slave act let fugitives and freed workers in the north get captured and enslaved. This act made Harriet's job as an underground railroad conductor much harder because slaves couldn't safely live in the northern states. Harriet then changed her route taking the slaves all the way to Canada.

The civil war

25355_21 — 2024-05-13 21:12:42 UTC

During the time of the civil war, Harriet along with other abolitionists worked with the Union Army to help slaves travel to the north, and after they became behind Union lines. Harriet Tubman also volunteered to help the Union Army gather information and intelligence behind Confederate enemy lines.

Fun fact

25355_21 — 2024-05-13 21:18:03 UTC

When Harriet was 13 years old, she suffered a traumatic injury. This could've been the end of young Harriet's life. A 2-pound weight missed its intended target and instead hit Harriet in the head. Even though her mother was able to nurse Harriet back to health, Harriet Tubman suffered from epilepsy the rest of her life.

Another fun fact

25355_21 — 2024-05-13 21:23:05 UTC

Harriet died at the age of 91. She died because of pneumonia, she died in the home of Aged & Indigent Negroes. Harriet called upon faith and then made a reference to John 14:3 in the bible. She stated “I go away to prepare a place for you, that where I am you also may be”.