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She was born sometime from 1820 - 1822, the exact date of her birth isn't known. her name when she was born was Araminta “Minty” Ross. Her parents were Ben Ross and Harriet Green. Historians say she was born in Dorchester County, Maryland.
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she was hired to other households. She was a nursemaid for her very first job. If she let the baby cry she was horribly beaten this made her sick and she had to go back home.
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She was hit in the head with a metal weight that was aimed at a runaway slave. After that day she continued to have horrible headaches and seizures.
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Harriet married a free man named, it's unknown how they met. This is also the same time she took his last name and adopted her mother's first name.
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Tubman and her two brothers decided to escape the plantation and head to Pennsylvania in 1849. Their owner died and they were scared that they were to be sold. All though her brothers got scared and went back shortly after
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She discovered that her niece, Kessiah, was going to be auctioned off. First, she came up with a plan with Kessiah's husband, a free man. She then led her niece, Kessiah, her husband, John Bowley, and their two children through the underground railroad to freedom.
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Her husband, John Tubman, refused to go with her when she came for him. Instead, he wanted to stay in Maryland with his new wife, Caroline. She then led 10 slaves to Canada.
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Tubman purchased her first piece of land in Auburn, New York, from Sen. William H. Seward in 1859. It was around 1200 dollars and she lived there for the rest of her life
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She took her last mission to rescue her sister. When she arrived she found out that she had died. Instead, she took the Ennals family.
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She served as a spy, scout, nurse, and cook in the army. In a mission with James Montgomery, she helped the army rescue more than 700 enslaved people during a raid in South Carolina.
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Harriet Tubman married Nelson Davis, 22 years younger than her. They later adopted a little girl named, Gertie.
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She died at 93 from pneumonia. She was buried with military honors at Fort Hill Cemetery.
