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|  | | | | Harriet Tubman | | I was born in 1820. I was born a slave. When I was five years old I started to work as a house servant. I was often beaten and whipped by my owner when I was a child. Onetime the slave owner tried to hit another slave. I tried to help but I got hit in the head instead. I had problems all my life.
When I was 12 years old I was sent out of the house to work in the field. I married John Tubman in
1844. In 1849, I heard that I was going to be sold. I ran away and was helped by a friendly white woman. I went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and I got a job. I wanted to save money so I could go back to help other slaves.
When I had enough money I went back to help my sister and my sister’s children escape to freedom. The slave hunters wanted to catch me. Whoever caught me would get $40,000. By 1860, I had made 19 trips to the south. I helped 300 slaves go to the north.
During the Civil War, I worked for the Union, as a cook, a nurse, and a spy. After the war I settled in Auburn, New York, where I spent the rest of my life. I died in 1913. I am remembered as one of the best known Underground Railroad people. I am Harriet Tubman.
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