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Harriet Tubman“Moses of her People”
Kaytee Spitz
Ed 205-06
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Harriet’s Early LifeHer Escape From SlaverySaving Her FamilyHarriet’s Role in the Underground Rail RoadMaster of DisguisePeople She KnewArrival of the Civil WarHarriet’s life in Auburn, NY
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Harriet’s Early Life
Harriet Tubman was born Harriet Ross in 1819, in Dorchester County, Maryland.
She was born into slavery and was put to work by the age of 5.
She did not like to work inside, she wanted to be outside.
Harriet was beaten a lot by her masters. She received whippings even when she was really young.
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Early Life Continued
When Harriet Tubman was 12, she refused to help tie up a slave who had attempted to escape. The white overseer was angry and hit her very hard on the head. After that, Harriet suffered from blackouts.When she was 25 years old, Harriet married John Tubman.At 30, she feared she would be sold to the south, so she escaped.Harriet knew that if she told her husband she was leaving, he would tell on her, so the only person she told was her sister.
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Harriet’s Escape from Slavery
Harriet escaped at night time. A white neighbor gave her a piece of paper with two names on it. Those names would help her get to freedom. Harriet made the 90-mile trip to the Mason-Dixon Line. On her way there, she hiked through swamps and woodlands until she made it to Philadelphia. In Philadelphia, Harriet worked as a dishwasher and met William Still, the Philadelphia Station Master on the Underground Rail Road.
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Saving Her Family
In 1851, Harriet began relocating her family to the North. She started with her sister’s family. Then she helped her brother’s move North.
Harriet went back to get her husband, but he had remarried and didn’t want anything to do with moving.
On a fourth trip, Harriet moved her parents.
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Harriet’s Role in the UGRR
Harriet is known as the “Moses of her People.” In 19 trips south, it is believed that she freed more than 300 slaves!
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Master of Disguise
Harriet was becoming more well-known and HUGE rewards were offered for her capture.
Harriet learned to disguise her appearance. When she was walking down a street, she ran into one of her former masters, and he did not recognize her.
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People Harriet Knew
Harriet was closely associated with Abolitionist, John Brown.
She was also very well acquainted with Frederick Douglass, Jermain Loguen and Gerrit Smith.
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Arrival of the Civil War
During the Civil War, Harriet served as a soldier, a spy for the Union Army and also as a nurse in Washington D.C.She served at Fortress Monroe, where Jefferson Davis would later be imprisoned at. And while guiding a group of black soldiers in South Carolina, she met Nelson Davis.
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Life in Auburn, NY
After the Civil War, Harriet married Nelson Davis and helped Auburn to remain a center of activity in support of Women’s Rights.In 1896, Harriet bought land to build a home for sick and needy blacks, but could not afford to build a house. She gave the land to the African Methodist Episcopalzion Church. Harriet lived happily telling the story of her life until she died at the age of 93.
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References
www.nyhistory.com
www.incwell.com/biographies
www.teachertube.com
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About the Author
Kaytee Spitz is a third year student at Grand Valley State University. She is a Mathematics Major with an Emphasis in Elementary Education.
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