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===** [|Harriet Tubman’s] given name was Araminta Ross. She was one of 11 children that were born into [|slavery], in Maryland, 1820. She started working and being hired out at the age of 6. From a young **** age, Harriet Tubman was determined to gain her freedom. At a young age, Harriet was hit in the head with an [|iron weight]when trying to help **=== ===** another slave. The weight almost crushed her skull and left a very deep scar. She suffered from seizures and blackouts the rest of her life. In 1844, Harriet married a freed man named John Tubman. This is when she **** changed her first name(along with her last) to her mother’s name. In 1849, she figured out that she was to be sold. So, she decided to run away. **===

===** She left without letting her husband come with her. She left with 2 of her brothers. Sadly, both her brothers got scared and turned back; but Harriet continued her journey to freedom. The [|Underground Railroad] led her to the North. Once she reached the north, she worked as a house servant and saved up the money she earned so that she could return to the south and rescue other slaves. Every time Harriet helped other slaves, she put herself in great danger. There were always bounty offers for her and the slaves she was helping. At one point her capture was offered at $40,000. Anytime someone wanted to turn back, she pulled out a gun and exclaimed “You’ll be free or die a slave”. If anyone turned back, it would be Harriet and the escaping slaves in great dancer. This is one of the reason she would not let them turn back. Tubman got so well known for leading slaves int freedom that she was known as the Moses of Her People. **===

===** During the Civil War, Tubman worked in the Union army as a nurse, cook and spy. While working as a nurse, she cared for people with [|dysentery]. She knew she could cure it if she could get the same roots and herbs that were in Maryland. One night she looked in the woods until she found what she was looking for. She went back and brewed the mix and it healed the people with the disease. After helping in the war, she went back to working for the Underground Railroad. When she got too old and weak to continue bringing people to freedom, she started [|"The Home For The Aged"]. Harriet Tubman died of Pneumonia March 10, 1913 at age 93. ** **Tubman made 19 trips back to the south. During these trips, she helped over 300 slaves to freedom. Harriet Tubman was a truly remarkable woman**. ===

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