Its All About Harriet! :D

In the wonderful year of 1820, or maybe 1819, an Ah-mazing woman by the name of Araminta came into the world of slavery. What? You don’t know who that is? Well, maybe you may know her as her more famous name, Harriet Ross Tubman. Harriet Tubman was one of eleven children! Danggg! Growing up she had lots of hard work! The work started at the age of five. She was nursing children, winding yarn, checking muskrat traps, housekeeping, and loading timber. I couldn’t even do some of that stuff now! Wow, that was one strong five year old. She may have been strong, but she had always been petite…only made it to five feet exactly. At the lovely age of 15 she was hurt very badly. So badly it affected her the rest of her life. You see, a slave was attempting to run away and Harriet Tubman was trying to stop him. The supervisor saw the slave running away and threw a two pound lead weight, aiming for the runaway, but he hit Harriet. Later on in her life she found out that she was no longer an actual slave, because her mommy had been freed from the courts. An attorney had advised her not to take it to the courts though, because they would not listen since so much time had passed since then. Eventually she met a free black man living near by. They started talking and then after a while they were married. How cute?(: Well, this guy turned out to be not so nice! He threatened to betray her if she attempted to runaway. He said he would send farther south down the river. Eeeekkk!): So, in the year of 1849 she snuck out. SHE ESCAPED! Yayy(: After she had escaped she went to work as a household servant. Hmmmm? I don’t really think there is that big of a difference…is there? Hahaha(: In 1850, one year after she escaped, she came back to help other slaves escape to freedom. She continued helping rescue slaves for 10 years. In those 10 years she made 19 trips and rescued over 300 people! What a helper(: She never lost a single slave. If a slave ever tried to turn back she would pull out her rifle and say, “Move or die.” That’s scary! Hehe(: She later became a spy for the Union Army and then a scout during the Civil War. She didn’t ever get paid though. Due to the fact she was black and a woman. That’s pretty messed up. Although, eventually she did get paid half of her second husbands, Nelson Davis, pension. Which was only $11,750. Throughout her life she was a spy, a nurse, a scout, a feminist, a special reformer, and a conductor for the Underground Railroad. Wow, she did a lot! During her “last years” she turned her home into a place for needy people and old people. How nice! :D In the awful of March, on the awful number 10, in the awful year of 1913, Harriet Ross Tubman died. )’:


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