Harriet Tubman was born in 1820 in Maryland and died March 10,1913.She was one out of 11 children.Harriet was born into slavery at the age of 11 she was a nursemaid.When she was born her birth name was Araminta and she was often called "minty".When she become an adult she changed her first name into Harriet.Later in life she got in a accident and got hit in the head.In 1844 she got married to a free black man.When she found work as a household servent she saved her money so she could return to help others escape.She led the underground railroad.The underground railroad was a secert network of houses where slaves from the south could be in the north for freedom.
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