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    Harriet Ross Tubman was an African American who escaped slavery and then showed runaway slaves the way to freedom in the North for longer than a decade before the American Civil War. During the war she was as a scout, spy, and nurse for the United States Army. After that she kept working for rights for blacks and women. <br> <br>Harriet Tubman was originally named Araminta Ross. She was one of 11 children born to Harriet Greene and Benjamin Ross on a plantation in Dorchester County, Maryland. She

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    Harriet Tubman was an influential figure in both, the Underground Railroad and multiple anti-slavery movements. Clearly defined, the Underground Railroad was the series of pathways and stations used by runaways in their escape to freedom (Schraff 24). The Railroad provided houses, buildings, and ways of travel for many slaves desiring for deliverance (Schraff 24). Harriet Tubman’s birth name was Araminta Ross, which she later changed to Harriet (americancivilwar.com). Around the year 1820, she

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    Harriet Tubman was seen as a hero to the African American, she was often called “General Tubman,” because of her bravery and leadership.(Vox,”A Biography of Harriet Tubman”) Harriet was a conductor of the Underground Railroad and a spy during the Civil War.During her lifetime, Harriet Tubman did many great things, but her greatest achievement was helping slaves escape to the North. Harriet decided to escape from slavery with the help of abolitionists in Philadelphia, after she escaped, she

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    Throughout history Harriet Tubman has become to be known as the women on the front of the twenty dollar bill. She has been treated like she was a dog people were hitting her with a riding crop for not doing what they were supposed to do they were slaves for the people who brought them into the country. She is influential because she took care of people who were wounded and sick, she helped the slaves get to freedom and she also part of the underground railroad. Harriet Tubman is influential because

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    Who Is Harriet Tubman

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    The Life Of Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman was born in the year of 1820 into a family of 8 children and two parents of who were all slaves. Harriet’s real name was Araminta Harriet Ross yet she later changed her name to Harriet around the time she was married to John Tubman. Harriet’s life as a slave was hard like many other slaves lives during that time. When Harriet Tubman was around 12 years old she was hit in the head by a two pound weight when she refused to hold down a runaway slave, because

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    the most influential people, it was surprising to see that Harriet Tubman was not included on Business Insider, Biography Online, or TIME’s list (Garfield, 2016; Hart, 1978; Skiena & Ward, 2013). Harriet Tubman was a very influential woman who impacted the lives of many people. She was born into slavery in Maryland and was originally named Araminta Harriet Ross after her mother Harriet Green and her father Ben Ross (Biography, 2017). Harriet escaped slavery and gained her freedom in Pennsylvania in

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    Throughout history Harriet Tubman has become to be known as the women on the front of the twenty dollar bill. She has been treated like she was a dog people were hitting her with a riding crop for not doing what they were supposed to do they were slaves for the people who brought them into the country. She is influential because she took care of people who were wounded and sick, she helped the slaves get to freedom and she also part of the underground railroad. Harriet Tubman is influential because

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    Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman was a very interesting women. Harriet Tubman, was born as Araminta Ross in 1819 or 1820 in Dorchester County, Maryland. Araminta Tubman had changed her name to Harriet after her mother, and Ross of course was after her father. Harriet was born into slavery. There were eight children in her family and she was the sixth. Her mother died when she was only five years old. The first person that owned

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    Harriet Tubman Quotes

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    can’t say — I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger” (Harriet Tubman Historical Society; Quotes). Harriet Tubman , one of the world's bravest woman’s, freed thousands of slaves to Canada starting in 1853 (Africans in America). She was a fearless woman, working diligently in the United States to help the slaves in the south escape their harsh conditions right before and during the civil war. Harriet Tubman was motivated to struggle for change to help herself, her family, and other

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    Sometime between 1819 and 1823, Harriet Tubman, born Araminta Ross, came into this world under the bondage of slavery on the Brodas Plantation in Dorchester County, Maryland. By her mid-20s, Tubman had escaped and taken hold of her own freedom. As a fugitive slave and, more importantly, the most successful “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, Tubman was called by many names and aliases. Captain John Brown referred to her as “General” Tubman but, most symbolically and impactful, the slaves that

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