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The Timeless Tale of Tubman: A 200 Year Legacy
A 200 Year Legacy
Prominent historical figure Harriet Tubman has been the subject of much discussion in recent years. From a 2019 Hollywood film documenting her most well-known accomplishments (appropriately titled Harriet), to the nomination of her likeness on the 20-dollar bill, to her induction in the United States Army Military Intelligence Corps Hall of Fame in June of 2021, it’s clear Tubman’s accomplishments precede her. She serves as a beacon of hope to many—even as we mark 200 years since Tubman’s birth in 2022.
Tubman was originally born Araminta Ross in Dorchester County, Maryland sometime in 1822. After subsequently escaping to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in her late twenties and frequenting a few other locations following that, she always remained true to her roots.
Tubman is most recognizable for her acts of securing justice for many enslaved by freeing over 70 enslaved individuals as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, and a hefty 700 more at the Combahee River Raid as a Union spy. However, there are
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Biography
Araminta “Minty” Ross was born into slavery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in Dorchester County in 1822. At an early age, she was hired out to work for other families as a muskrat trapper, weaver, and nurse. She suffered many punishments including a serious head-injury. After marrying John Tubman, who was a free black man, she adopted the name Harriet Tubman and escaped to freedom on September 17, 1849. Tubman returned to Maryland many times to rescue her family and dozens of others who were enslaved. She became the most famous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad; between 1850 and 1860 she made at least thirteen trips into slaveholding territory to guide as many as seventy enslaved people to freedom.
During the Civil War, Tubman worked for the Union Army as a cook and nurse, and also served as an armed scout using her contacts and knowledge of the terrainto provide intelligence. She was the first woman to lead a military expedition during the Combahee River Raid, which liberated more than 700 enslaved people in South Carolina. She settled in Auburn, New York,
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Tubman was born into slavery in 1822, and later escaped from Dorchester County, Maryland to Philadelphia where she lived as a freewoman
Once free, Tubman dedicated her life to the abolition of slavery as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. She brought approximately 70 enslaved African Americans to freedom in the north
Tubman remained a philanthropist well into her later years, founding the Home for Aged & Indigent Negroes and supporting women’s rights
"I had reasoned this out in my mind; there was one of two things I had the right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.” – Harriet Tubman, 1886
Early Life
Born Araminta Ross (and affectionately called "Minty") in March of 1822 to parents Harriet (Rit) Green Ross and Benjamin Ross, Tubman was one of nine children. The Ross family were enslaved in Dorchester County, Maryland. Chattel slavery determined that Black people were property that were bought and sold. The children of enslaved women were also considered enslaved, regardless of whether their fathers were enslaved or n
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