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8/9/2019 Digital Story Tub Man

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By: Jamie M Brown


2/15

My name isHarriet Tubman.

I was born a slave

in Dorchester

County,

Maryland,

sometime around

1820 and I was

named Araminta

Ross.


3/15

At the age of five

or six, I became a

house servant,

and about seven

years later I wassent to work in the

fields.


4/15

When I was in my

early teens, I was

struck in the head

by a two pound

weight. I was

trying to protect

another field hand

from being struck.


5/15

Sometime around

1844, I married my

husband, John

Tubman. It was

then that I changed

my name to Harriet

after my mother.

John was a free slave

and I wasnt, so ourmarriage didnt last.


6/15

In 1849, I was in

fear of being sold,

so I made my plan

to escape and

runaway to

freedom.


7/15

I followed the

North Star at night

and made my way

to Philadelphia. I

saved up my moneyand made my way

back to Maryland

to free my sister

and her 2 children.


8/15

Then I startedmaking my trips to

the South to free

other slaves, and so

my days as a

conductor on the

Underground

Railroad began.


9/15

They had a reward

out for me. It said

that I was illiterate,

so I always carried

a book with me

and pretended to

read.


10/15

I made about 19trips by time 1860

came around and

I never lost a

single passenger.

I also took part in

antislavery

meetings.


11/15

During the Civil

War I worked for

the Union Army. I

was a cook, a nurse

and I did laundry.


12/15

I was even a spy

and a scout for the

Union Army and I

helped lead a raidup the Combahee

River and freed over

500 slaves.


13/15

After the war Isettled down in

Auburn, NY where I

would spend the

remainder of my

days.


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Images retrieved on 7/24/2010 from the following sites:

http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsc.00057/http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harriet_tubman.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SlaveChildrenUnknown.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harriet_Tubman_Reward_Notice_1849.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harriet_Tubman,_with_rescued_slaves,_New_York_Times.JPGhttp://www.sonofthesouth.net/slavery/photographs/slaves-working-cotton.htmhttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harriet_Tubman.jpghttp://harriettubmanfacts.com/http://www.harriettubmanbiography.com/http://www.followthedrinkinggourd.net/steal_away.htmhttp://gregssketch.blogspot.com/2009/04/harriet-tubman.htmlhttp://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/bradford/frontis.htmlhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/did-harriet-tubman-really-say-that/


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Information retrieved on 7/22/2010 from the following sites:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/j2.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman

Music retrieved on 7/24/2010 from the following sites:

http://www.followthedrinkinggourd.org/Music/5-Bibb,Leon.FollowTheDrinkingGourd.mp3

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