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Timeline of the Life of Harriet Tubman

Timeline of the Life of Harriet Tubman

C 1820 – Harriet Ross Tubman, born Araminta “Minty” Ross, in the plantation of Edward Brodess in Dorchester County, Maryland. Her mother was Harriet “Rit” Green owned by Mary Pattison Brodess; and her father was Ben Ross owned by Anthony Thomson. 1825 – Young Araminta was hired out to other households. Her first outside job was as […]

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Who was Harriet Tubman?

Who was Harriet Tubman?

Harriet Tubman is an American hero and an icon of freedom, a five-foot-tall African American abolitionist who guided hundreds of slaves away from the bondage of slavery. She is the best known female abolitionist of antebellum American. Illiterate but profoundly religious,  into slavery between 1815 and 1825 on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Her birth […]

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What was the Underground Railroad?

What was the Underground Railroad?

The Underground Railroad was formed in the early 19th century and reached its height between 1850 and 1860. Much of what we know today comes from accounts after the Civil War and accurate statistics about fugitive slaves using the Underground Railway may never be verifiable. It is believed that around 100,000 slaves between 1810 and […]

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