Harriet Tubman had a saying: “Never wound a snake; kill it.” What does this mean to you? It means that you should not let something evil live, but destroy it, and make a way for others. She was always doubted, but Harriet Tubman was willing to risk her life and save other slaves from abusive masters.
Harriet Tubman was born in the year 1820 in Dorchester County, Maryland. Her parents were Harriet Green and Ben Ross. She is known by the name Harriet Tubman, but her real name was Araminta Ross. She had ten brothers and sisters who helped her with her work. Her family's nickname for her, as said by Elish, was “Minta” (9). She was born into a slave family which meant one thing: she was going to have a difficult life. She was abused and beaten by hard-hearted white people even when she was little. Her most difficult injury to overcome happened when she was only thirteen. A slave started to escape, so her master picked up a brick and threw it at him. Harriet stepped in front of the brick, trying to give the slave a chance to escape, and, in doing so, was hit in the head, knocking her out. Because of this injury, she had seizures and extremely painful headaches her entire life. When she was old enough, she was rented out to the Cook family. They disregarded her as a person or as an equal, making her sleep and share food with the dogs. The Cooks did not have enough money to keep her, so they gave her back. She was then rented to a woman named Miss Susan, who beat her mercilessly with a whip over the tiniest mistake. When she got the chance, she ran away from her, but ended up almost starving. She was returned to the plantation and started to work in the fields, gathering strength. Her father, hearing about her almost ...
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Narrator: A long time ago, there used to be something called African American slavery, but there was one slave by the name of Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman made nineteen trips into the South and saved over three hundred slaves. Harriet Tubman even managed to not lose anyone during the progress. Master: ''Settle down, settle down. It's time to rest, also both of you will be assigned to new masters on Friday. Make sure to make a good first impression or else.'' Narrator: The master swiftly walked away.The two slaves got up from the field and looked for a clear spot to sleep on, but luckily, they eventually found one. Slave 1: ''Is it just me, but do you hear something behind the tree over there?'' Slave 2: ''No, I don't. Plus, if there was really something there it'd probably be an animal.''
Araminta Ross, also known as Harriet Tubman, was born in Dorchester County, Maryland. Her date of birth is unknown, but people believe she was born between 1819 and 1823. Tubman changed her name to Harriet, after her mother, in 1844 when she married a free black man, John Tubman. Harriet Tubman was the fifth of nine children from Harriet Greene and Ben Ross. She had eight siblings, four of which were brothers, and four of which were sisters. Her brothers were Mosses Ross, born in 1832, Ben Ross, born in 1823, Henry Ross born in 1830, and Robert Ross, born in 1816. Her sisters were Linah Ross, born in 1808, Rachel Ross, born in 1825, Mariah Ritty Ross, born in 1811, and Soph Ross, born in 1813. Her father, Ben Ross, was a timber inspector who watch and managed his slave owner, Thompson, at the timbering interests on the Eastern Shore. Thompson has owned slaves - more than forty African Americans - during his lifetime. Although he was a slave owner he contributed to Harriet Tubman and her family. Ben Ross, the father, and Harriet Greene, the mother met at Thompson’s house, they married and started their own family during 1808. In the 17th century, when enslaved