Harriet Tubman Life In Slavery

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Harriet Tubman and her life in slavery

Kandalynn Naidl 12413 Category: Slavery

Harriet Tubman
Her Life in slavery:
Harriet Ross was born into slavery in 1820 in Maryland.
At the age of 12 she was subjected to a seriously injured blow to her head from a 2 pound iron chain and ball, that was supposed to be thrown at another enslaved african american but was actually thrown accidently at her,( she later suffered from narcolepsy, to be able to sleep anywhere at any time, without stopping it) ,because she did not help tie up another man to a post for trying to escape. At this point in her life she had no rights or any freedom to do anything, her only responsibilities were to obey her master and try not to get killed.
At the age of 25 in 1884 she married a free black John Tubman and changed her name to Harriet Tubman(her full name used to be Araminta Harriet Ross). Later fearing she would be sold south she made her escape, to Canada. She still had no rights and her responsibilities were to stay safe, and try to escape.
Escaping to freedom in canada:
Tubman got help from a white neighbor who gave her the name of two people that could help her in her course to freedom.When she went to the first house she was put into a wagon and covered her head with a sack,the wagon was following a path to Pennsylvania. She was put into the state of Philadelphia where she met William Still, the Stationmaster on the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia. With the help of Still, and other members of the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society, she learned about the workings of the UGRR.
In 1851 she started relocating members of her family to St. Catharines.While she was there she worked at many d...

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...in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.-Harriet Tubman
I can't die but once.-Harriet Tubman
Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.-Harriet Tubman

I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything. The sun came up like gold through the trees, and I felt like I was in heaven.-Harriet Tubman
I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.-Harriet Tubman
I grew up like a neglected weed - ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.-Harriet Tubman
I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.-Harriet Tubman
I never lost a passenger.-Harriet Tubman
You'll be free or die!-Harriet Tubman

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