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Harriet Tubman for Kids Biography Harriet Tubmanby H. Seymour Squyer Occupation: Nurse, Civil Rights Activist Born: 1820 in Dorchester County, Maryland Died: March 10, 1913 in Auburn, New York Best known as: A leader in the Underground RailroadBiography: Where did Harriet Tubman grow up? Harriet Tubman was born a slave on a plantation in Maryland. Life as a Slave Life as a slave was difficult. Later Harriet worked a number of jobs on the plantation such as plowing fields and loading produce into wagons. At the age of thirteen Harriet received a horrible head injury. The Underground Railroad During this time there were states in the northern United States where slavery was outlawed. Harriet Escapes In 1849 Harriet decided to escape. Leading Others to Freedom In 1850 the Fugitive Slave Act was passed. Harriet became famous as an Underground Railroad conductor. Harriet was truly brave. The Civil War Harriet's bravery and service did not end with the Underground Railroad, she also helped during the Civil War. Works Cited

harriettubmanbiography Timeline of the Life of Harriet Tubman : Harriet Tubman C 1820 – Harriet Ross Tubman, born Araminta “Minty” Ross, was born a slave in the plantation of Edward Brodess in Dorchester County, Maryland. Her mother was Harriet “Rit” Green owned by Mary Pattison Brodess; and her father was Ben Ross owned by Anthony Thomson. 1825 – Young Araminta was hired out to other households. Her first outside job was as a nursemaid where she was violently and frequently beaten when she let the baby cry. 1833 – Araminta was severely injured in the head with a heavy metal weight aimed at a runaway slave. 1840 – Her father, Ben Ross, was manumitted when he turned 45 years old. 1844 – Araminta married a free black man, John Tubman. 1849 – Harriet fell ill. September 17 – Harriet and her brothers, Ben and Henry, escaped from the Poplar Neck Plantation. She changed her name to Harriet in honor of her mother and took her husband’s last name, Tubman. 1850 – Passage of the Fugitive Slave Law as part of the Compromise of 1850. 1858 – Tubman met John Brown.