Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman

an important figure for black history

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Born: around 1822 in Dorchester Country, Maryland, U.S. as Araminta RossDied: March 10, 1913 in Auburn, New York, U.S. Other names: Minty, Moses Occupations: Civil War scout, nurse, suffragist, civil rights activist Known for: freeing enslaved people Honour: inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1973

Harriet Tubman in 1895

Harriet Tubman was an ordinary woman who became extraordinary by some actions. Slave’s daughter, after a lot of abuses when she was child and a traumatic head wound, she escaped from slavery in 1849. She jointed Philadelphia and with the Underground Railroad’s help, she succeeds to guide approximately 70 slaves, including her family, to freedom in 13 missions. She was never captured despite the reward offered for her capture. Harriet Tubman's action made it possible to concretely arouse the revolt. After her death in 1913, she became an icon of courage and freedom

notice in the Cambrige Democrate newspaper offering a reward of US$100 for capture of each of the escaped slave

HARRIET TUBMAN'S LIFE

leading a band of scouts through the land around Port Royal

first mission in Baltimore to rescue her niece and her family

nurse in Port Royal

suffragist activism : worked alongside Susan B. Anthony and Emily Howland

1861 (Civil War)

December 1850

1851

1896

1863

escaped a group of slaves from Dorchester County instead of her husband John

key adviser in the Combahee River Raid (+750 slaves were rescued

went to Maryland to recover her brother and 2 men

keynote speaker at the fisrt meeting of the National Federation of Afro-American Women

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