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Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in Maryland some time in1819 or 1820 no one knows for sure what year she was born.
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Harriet Tubman met and married John Tubman at the age of 23 her maiden name was Harriet Ross.
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Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery with her two brothers on September 17, 1849.
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Harriet Tubman helped rescue slave's with the help of the underground Railroad.
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Harriet Tubman rescued her parents in 1857 and brought them to New York.
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In the spring of 1858 Harriet met John Brown who was a white man known as an abolitionist ,he wanted to destroy slavery and Harriet felt the same way.
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Harriet made her final rescue four months before the civil war began .She made a total of 19 trips to the south and back and brought freedom to neerly 300 slaves.
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In 1861,Harriet Tubman was a teacher, nurse ,war scout, house keeper ,and freedom fighter. She was called General Tubman from 1861 to 1865.
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In 1869 Harriet Tubman married Nelson Davis.She met him at an army base. they were married for 18 years until Nelson died.
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She bought land to build a home for sick and needy blacks. Unable to raise the money, she sold the land to the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
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Harriet Tubman died just after she had turned 93 she died of pneumonia in New York.