Harriet_Tubman

Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in 1820 in Dorchester County, Maryland. She was one of eleven children born to Harriet Greene and Benjamin Ross. Harriet was called Araminta as a child but later adopted the name of her mother, Harriet. Harriet Tubman’s childhood influenced her antislavery views and led to her great work on the Underground Railroad. Although Harriet Tubman achieved historical importance primarily in this role, she was also a spy, nurse, feminist, social reformer, if indeed these terms can adequately describe her various activities. Harriet had long heard of the Underground Railroad, the extraordinary way slaves escaped to free states. The slaves’ flight to freedom was made possible and facilitated by the courageous men and women who believed in the right of all humans to be free from human bondage. She started her career as a conductor working as cook and domestic. She worked until she had saved enough money to provide for her needs. It was Tubman’s courage, intellect, and strength of purpose that led her to become harriet, work, underground, tubman’s, tubman, trips, slaves, railroad, years, strength, states, put, one, nurse, made, led, least, including, great, freedom, free, fields, doing, born, young, world, working, worked, women, without, way, views, various, until, train, tickets