Harriet Tubman by Valerie Reyes salas

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Born in slavery in Maryland's Chester county around 1820. At age five or six, she began to work as a house servant. Seven years later she went to work in the fields.

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In the fall of 1849, she escaped from slavery alone, and found freedom in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In Philadelphia, Tubman made connections and found support among other black and white abolitionists. Although Harriet Tubman found her freedom, she was separated from her family.

25115_29 — 2024-05-13 17:09:23 UTC

The 1850 Fugitive slave Act allowed Fugitive and freed workers in the north to be captured and enslaved.

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After escaping slavery on her own in 1849, Harriet Tubman helped others journey on the underground Railroad. From 1850 to 1860 she made an estimated 13 trips and rescued around 70 enslaved people, including many members of her family. She also provided information so that others could find their way north to freedom.

25115_29 — 2024-05-13 17:28:11 UTC

During the civil war, Harriet Tubman and other abolitionists worked with the union Army to help slaves travel to the north once they came behind union lines. She also volunteered to help the union Army gather intelligence behind confederate enemy lines.

25115_29 — 2024-05-14 17:06:40 UTC

She was also a Union scout, spy, and nurse. She was a suffragist who fought for women's rights. Tubman established a nursing home for African Americans on her property in Auburn, NY.

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Harriet Tubman died on March 10 1913 at the age of 91. She died of pneumonia.

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People liked her because with her smarts, boldness, unwavering faith in God, and wilderness skills, she led 70 people to freedom, most of whom were family and friends, and provided instructions for 50-60 others to help them escape. Her bravery and leadership earned her the reputation as the “Moses of her people.”

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25115_29 — 2024-05-15 17:01:16 UTC

Her quotes were “For no man should take me alive; I should fight for my liberty as long as my strength lasted, and when the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.”