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Early Life Adult Life leading to Freedom Contributions to Society Leadership Qualities and Legacy Howard University Building Concluding Summary Questions
Early Life
Records of her birth do not exist:Claimed she was born in 1820, 1822, and 1825
Born Araminta "Minty” Ross to slave parents Harriet Green and Ben Ross
Birth location Dorchester County, Maryland
Brother’s sale key moment in the development of her beliefs
Early Life
Treated as a slave and suffered heavily at the hands of different white owners:Beatings starting at age 5MeaslesHead injury
Became more and more religiously devout after each injury/ illness
Adult Life
Technically thought to be an adult at age 11 1844 (?): Married to a free black man
named John TubmanUnion complicated because of her slave status
Changed her name from Araminta to Harriet soon after her marriage
Started to dream of freedom. Going North was her goal
Husband not supportive, but freedom won
Freedom
1849: Disease stricken again, Tubman loses value as a slave
Attempts to be sold fail Master dies after Tubman prays for his
death 17 September 1849: Tubman escapes with
two brothers Widow did not notice for some time, thinking
Tubman was working for neighbors
Freedom
Two weeks later, Brodess figures out Tubman fled:Reward posted for Tubman and
two brothers
Brothers rethink decision to escapeReturn with Tubman to Maryland
Soon after, Tubman escapes again, this time alone
Freedom
Escaped using the Underground Railroad network
Little is known of her first crossing, but Tubman admitted feeling in Heaven after crossing Mason Dixon Line
Fearing for her family, she returned to Maryland to help free family members
Contributions to Society Moses September 1850: Tubman made official
conductor of the UGRR Harriet Tubman becomes “Moses” 1850 Fugitive Slave Act passed:
Law enforcement officials had to aid in the capture of fugitive slaves
Tubman tightens security and sends freed slaves into Canada instead of North USA
Worked closely with Frederick Douglas and Thomas Garret
Contributions to Society General Tubman Introduced to John Brown Brown so impressed with Tubman,
nicknames her General Tubman Although not fond of violence, Tubman
helps Brown plan and recruit for the failed raid on Harpers Ferry
Tubman had not received the message of when the strike was going to take place, possibly saving her life
Contributions to Society Final Crossing In November 1860, intended to return to
save sister and her children:Sister died and children had to be bought
Tubman didn’t have the money to buy the children’s freedom
Instead of leaving empty handed, rescued the Ennals family
Arrived in NY state on December 28, 1860
Contributions to Society Civil War Aided black refugees at the start of the
war and worked as a nurse June 2, 1863, Tubman became first
woman to lead an armed assault during Civil War
Tubman aided in the rescue of nearly 700 slaves in the Combahee River Raid
Helped scout and gather intelligence for Union forces
Legacy Personally rescued over 70 slaves from the
South with the railway Set a standard for the future of the
abolitionist movement Buried with military honors at Fort Hill
Cemetery Booker T. Washington delivered the keynote
address First biography of Tubman didn’t come out
until 1942 The next biography would not come out until 2003
Howard University
Harriet Tubman has a quadrangle named in her honor
Tubman Quad surrounded by five residential halls
More commonly known simply as “The Quad”
Concluding Summary
Early Life Adult Life leading to Freedom Contributions to Society Leadership Qualities and Legacy Howard University Building
For those interested…
Sources:Clinton, Catherine (2004). Harriet
Tubman: The Road to Freedom. New York: Little, Brown and Company
Sterling, Dorothy (1970). Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman. New York: Scholastic, Inc
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