Harriet Tubman and the Abolitionist Movement

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When we think of African American history we often forget about the people before the civil rights movement. The people who paved the way for future leaders. Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, and Rosa parks are often who we think of. We forget about individuals that made a significant impact that led us to the present place we are today. Harriet Tubman's contribute to history was that she was the conductor of the Underground Railroad, which helped bring slaves to freedom. Harriet Tubman was an abolitionist and was part of the woman's suffrage move.
Harriet Tubman was born as Araminta Ross in 1820 or 1821, on a plantation in Dorchester County, Buckton, Maryland, and the slave of Anthony Thompson. She was one of eleven children to Harriet Ross and Benjamin Green. Her mother was the property of Mary Pattison Brodess, while her father Benjamin was owned by Anthony Thompson. Her father was a timber inspector, supervising the timber on Anthony Thompson’s plantation. Being the fifth child, she was given the nickname Minty. Like many families during this time, the family struggled to stay together. The Brodesses sold her sisters Linah, Mariah Ritty, and Soph away causing them to be separated from their family forever. They were often hired out to whites in the area so at many times Harriet Tubman experienced frequent separations. Her four younger siblings were often left in her care while her mother and older sisters worked on outside plantations.
At the age of 5, she started working full-time. Her master would hire them out to other families within the area. She cleaned white people's houses during the day and took care of their children at night. She had to stay up all night with the babies so that they wouldn’t wake up and disturb...

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