Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman was born in Dorchester County, Maryland in the year 1820. She was believed to be of Ashanti blood , but there is no concrete proof to this. Her grand mother arrived in America on a slave ship but the exact origin of her grandmother can not be authenticated.

Harriet was an American abolitionist and a humanitarian. Harriet is famous for her relentless effort towards antislavery, a heroine to the very word as she was very active in rescuing slaves via the Underground Railroad.

Tubman was also instrumental in John Browns recruitment of men for his raid on Harpers Ferry on October, 1859.

Tubman was a woman of courage. As most other women born into slavery, she suffered at the hands of her various owners. Her family was separated by her slave owners. Harriet later on discovered the use of resistance as a means to overcome slavery when she resisted the sale of her youngest son, Moses by her then slave master.

In 1849, Harriet Tubman escaped to Philadelphia. She later returned to free her family from slavery. Later, Harriet discovered her true calling, which she believed was as a result of her true closeness to God. Harriet helped free numerous other slaves, bringing them over to Canada and also helping them find work. She later joined the Union army as a spy during the American civil war. Later on in her life, she was taken by illness and was sent to a home she had earlier established for elderly African-Americans. Harriet Died on the 10th of March, 1913.

Above: Harriet Tubman (c. 1820 – March 10, 1913), far left, with slaves she helped rescue, during the American Civil War. Source: Kate Clifford Larson Right: Democrat'' (1849), offering a reward for the return of Harriet Tubman and her two brothers