Facts about Harriet Tubman

Summary

Harriet Tubman (born as Araminta Harriet Ross in Dorchester County, Maryland, died in Auburn, New York, U.S.) was a famous Activist from USA, who lived between and 1913.

Biography

Harriet Tubman, also known as Black Moses, was an African-American civil rights activist and escaped slave. After Harriet had escaped from captivity and win their own freedom, she returned several times to its former owner's plantation and helped their family members to flee.

She always wore a revolver, and was not afraid to use it. Once a slave agreed to join her on the expedition, there was no turning back, and she threatened to shoot all the slaves who tried to return. There was a time she traveled with a group of escaped slaves, when they got lost and morale sank. One of the male slaves insisted on going back to the plantation. She pointed the gun at his head and said, "You go on or die." Several days later, he was still with the group as they traveled into Canada.

She is known for his work within the organization Underground Railroad that helped escaped slaves to get from southern U.S. states, where slavery was widespread, to independent states. She took 19 trips escaped slaves from the south to the north, where she was personally responsible for leading over 300 slaves. They traveled only at night and in extreme secrecy. She also helped slaves find work, and she was active in the struggle for women to have the right to vote on equal terms with men.

Tubman was beaten and whipped by her various masters that she had been leased to the children and youth. Early in her life, she had a severe traumatic head injury after she was hit by a heavy metal weight thrown at her by an angry overseer who had intended to hit another slave. The injury could include cause seizures, epilepsy, seizures, headaches, powerful visionary and dream that took place throughout the rest of her life.

She even claimed to have never lost any of the slaves she helped, even though there had been a total reward of $ 40 000 to the person who managed to catch her. This was the highest such sum in any field of anti-slavery movement. When the American Civil War broke out, Tubman worked for the Union Army, first as a cook and nurse, and then as an armed scout and spy. She was the first woman to lead an armed expedition in the war. She led the Combahee River including the raid that freed over 700 slaves. After the Civil War, she returned to the family home in Auburn, New York, where she took care of their aging parents until she became ill and moved to a retirement home for African Americans.

She married a free black woman man named John Tubman, including Harriet's last name. Together they had a child. Although there is little that is known about John Tubman or their time together, it was very complicated for them to live together because of her status as a slave. She was a devout Christian all his life.

Our collection contains 17 quotes who is written / told by Harriet, under the main topic Dreams.

Source / external links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman