Profile: Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman (Born Araminta Ross c.1822-1913)
Born into slavery in Maryland, Tubman changed her first name to Harriet when she married John Tubman around 1844. After suffering a head injury in 1849, Tubman escaped. However, she went back to rescue slaves starting the underground railroad. During the Civil War she provided intelligence to Union troops heading south. After the war she took up Suffrage and the cause of African American civil rights becoming a leading member of the E Pluribus Unum Society. Harriet Tubman died on March 10th, 1913 at the age of 91.
Born into slavery in Maryland, Tubman changed her first name to Harriet when she married John Tubman around 1844. After suffering a head injury in 1849, Tubman escaped. However, she went back to rescue slaves starting the underground railroad. During the Civil War she provided intelligence to Union troops heading south. After the war she took up Suffrage and the cause of African American civil rights becoming a leading member of the E Pluribus Unum Society. Harriet Tubman died on March 10th, 1913 at the age of 91.