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Harriet Tubman
Joy H. Allen
6th Grade Language Arts
Spartanburg Christian Academy
Her Birth
 Born 1819 or 1820 in Dorchester County,
Maryland
 Born a slave to the Broadus Plantation in
Maryland
 Birth name was Ariminta Ross
Her Heritage
 Granddaughter and
daughter of a native
Africans of the
Ahanti Tribe
 Parents were slaves
–
Benjamin and Harriet
Ross
Her life as a slave
 Worked first indoors for the mistress of the
Broadus Plantation
 Sent to the fields around the age of twelve
 Suffered cruelty at the hands of the slave
owners
 Received a brain injury from a task master
– was struck with a two-pound weight
– suffered from black outs as a result
Her Escape
 1849 -Broadus plantation owner died
 Harriet feared she would be sold.
 Decided she would rather risk death than be
sold and shipped to the South.
 Harriet escaped on foot to find freedom.
Her Journey
 Harriet left Maryland destined for the
North.
 The Underground Railroad led her to
freedom in Philadelphia.
 Harriet worked in Philadelphia for two
years.
Black Moses
 Harriet became the Moses of her people.
 Returned nineteen times to the South
 Greatest conductor of the URR
 Delivered more than 300 slaves to the
promised land
 Never lost a passenger
Canada
 Canada was a safe haven for runaway
slaves.
 Harriet made her way from Philadelphia to
Canada.
 In 1851 she brought her family to Canada.
 Harriet financed her operations on the URR
from Canada until 1857.
Her Faith
 Harriet loved Bible stories
and hymns.
 Knew the Almighty God
watched over her
 Attended the AME Church
 She found a new life, but
decided to return to the
land of slavery to serve as
an URR conductor.
Serving the Union
 Harriett served the Union Army as a:
– Spy
– Nurse
– Cook
– Scout
Harriet wasn’t paid
for her services until
years later.
Her Peace
 Harriet had moved her parents to New York in
1857. She later joined them.
 Harriet married Nelson Davis in 1869.
 Lived in Auburn, NY on the property sold to her
by the Sewards.
 Mr. Davis died in 1888.
 Due to financial hardships, Harriet donated her
property to the African Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church in 1903.
 Harriet died March 10, 1913.
Her Home
 The Harriet Tubman
Home is located in
Auburn, NY
 Built by the AME church
in 1908.
 Harriet lived here until her
death in 1913.
 The home is still owned
by the AME church and is
open year round to
visitors.
Bibliography
 African American History. Harriet Ross Tubman. 10 Nov. 2001
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<http://www.triadntr.net/~rdavis/tubman.htm>.
Commonwealth. Harriet Tubman. 10 Nov. 2001
<http://vi.uh.edu/pages/mintz/35.htm>.
New York History Net. Harriet Tubman Home. 3 Dec. 2001
<http://www.nyhistory.com/harriettubman/index.htm>.
Smith, Russell . Harriet Tubman: Moses of the Civil War. 3 Dec. 2001
<http://www.camalott.com/~rssmith/Moses.html>.
Spectrum. Harriet Tubman. 3 Dec. 2001
<http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Tubman.html>.
Think Quest. Harriet Tubman. 10 Nov. 2001
<http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Tubman.htm>.