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__**Harriet Tubman**__  By Shanila and Annam

 Harriet Tubman was born with the name Araminta Ross. Later on, she decided to change her first name to Harriet, which was her mother's name.

__Birth Date and Place:__ ** Harriet Tubman was born in about 1820. She was born in Dorchester County, Maryland. Harriet never knew the date and the exact year of when she was born. This is because she was a slave, and the date of birth of any slave is never recorded.
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Harriet Tubman never got any education except maybe in her later years when she was out of slavery. The law stated that if you were a slave, you weren't allowed to read and write. Harriet was a slave so she wasn't allowed to do those things.
 * __Education:__ **

Harriet Tubman was born into slavery. When Harriet was about 5 years old, she was "rented" to neighbours to do housework. She wasn't ever very good at doing the household chores and because of this, she was beaten up regularly by her owners and those who "rented" her. Also around 5 or 6 years of age, Harriet was hired to become a nursemaid. She was ordered to keep watch on a baby as it slept, and if the baby woke up and cried, she was whipped harshly. She carried these scars for the rest of her life. Her owners never fed her a meal. They just gave her leftover food to finish up. When Harriet was punished, she never got food so she fought with animals for some scraps of food. When Harriet was really injured, no one cared about her and her owners still told her to do tough work like working in the fields. She rarely got "extra money" for doing really good work. The "extra money" was a very little amount, but any amount would have satisfied her. One day, Harriet's owner was trying to sell her, but he couldn't find a buyer. She prayed for her owner, asking God to make him change his ways. This didn't do any good. So she decided to run away. She escaped slavery at the age of 29.
 * __Slavery:__ **

__** The Underground Railroad: **__ Harriet Tubman escaped slavery by going along the Underground Railroad. As Harriet Tubman escaped safely, she then decided to go back to Maryland and free her family and relatives. She only freed three of her brothers in 1854, bringing them to St. Catherines. In 1857, on one of her trips to Maryland, Harriet Tubman was able to bring both of her parents to freedom. Harriet, unfortunately, wasn't able to rescue all her siblings. She then decided to rescue other slaves, so she went back to Maryland. She returned 18 or 19 more times, bringing a total of over 200 slaves out of slavery along the Underground Railroad. Between 1850 and 1858, she helped more than 300 slaves reach freedom. Harriet Tubman was the conductor of the Underground Railroad, helping slavery end. She brought the slaves to Canada to be free. Some slaves made it while others didn't, because of the poor conditions and problems they had. 

The Civil War started in 1861. Harriet Tubman was the first woman to lead an armed expedition in the war. During the Civil War, Harriet served with the U.S. Army in South Carolina as a nurse, scout, spy, soldier, and a cook. She led the Combahee River expedition, under the command of James Montgomery to free hundreds of slaves and to blow up Southern supply lines. The Civil War ended in 1865. She successfully lived after the war ended. After the Civil war, Harriet spoke for the rights of women and African Americans, and she also set up a home for poor African Americans.
 * __The Civil War:__ **

__** Accomplishments: **__ Harriet Tubman made many accomplishments like: -freeing hundreds of slaves from slavery -freeing both of her parents and her three brothers from of slavery -helping during the Civil War by being a scout, nurse, spy, soldier, and a cook -leading the Combahee River expedition -speaking for the rights of women and African Americans -setting up a home for poor African Americans

__Death Date and Place:__ ** Harriet Tubman died on March 10, 1913. Harriet was 93 years when she died. She died in Auburn, New York in a nursing home. She died suffering from pneumonia. Harriet was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn, with many military honours.



Bibliography: **

**__Websites__** Jane Johnson Lewis. Harriet Tubman-From Slavery to Freedom. About. 11 January 2010. < []>. Jane Johnson Lewis. Harriet Tubman. About. 11 January 2010. <[]>. Did Harriet Tubman Get Any Education At All ?. WikiAnswers. 14 January 2010. <[]>. Harriet Tubman. 2009. Wikipedia. 12 January 2010. <[]>. Harriet Tubman. 2009. Garden Of Praise. 11 January 2010. <[]>. Harriet Tubman. 2010. Women in History. 14 January 2010. <[]>.

__**Book**__ R. Conrad Stein. The Underground Railroad. New York, NY. Children's Press. 1997.