08/28/2021
Harriet Tubman, born Araminta Ross, was a conductor on the Underground Railroad and military leader. Escaping from her owners in Maryland, she became a free woman after reaching Pennsylvania in 1849. Tubman, realizing the need to free other people including her family made several more trips to free slaves and lead them along the Underground railroad.
While a few writers claimed Tubman led around 300 slaves to freedom, this account has been discredited as an embellishment and she in reality saved about 70 slaves prior to the Civil War. Rescuing family and non-family members alike, southern slaveholders eventually placed a bounty on her head. Tubman received the name Moses because she freed slaves and never lost a single one, even drugging smaller children to keep them from crying out.
During the Civil War, Harriet Tubman worked as a nurse, cook, and spy for the Union army. For her service she eventually earned a pension but only after applying for several decades. She also led an assault to free slaves and attack influential southern leaderโs property. She lost none and rescued over 700 slaves. Her life of accomplishments and hard work has helped her gain international achievement with some seeking to add her to the $20 bill. Her lifetime of service is not forgotten!!
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