Harriet Tubman was an escaped slave.
She helped so many of her black people thatshe became known as “Moses of Her People. ” During the civil war sheserved the union army as a nurse, spy, cook, and scout. She was also conductoron the Underground Railroad. She was a very heroic woman. Harriet Tubman wasborn on plantation near Bucktown about 1820. She was one of eleven children of aslave couple.
At seven years old she was hired out to do housework and care forwhite children on nearby farms. Later she became a field hand. When she was ateenager she was struck on the head. As a result of the blow, she fell asleep afew times a day for the rest of her life. Hard work toughened her, and beforeshe was 19 she was as strong as the men she worked with were. In Philadelphia,Pa, and later in Cape May, NJ, Harriet Tubman worked as a maid in hotels andclubs.
By December 1850 she had saved up enough money to make the first of hernineteen daring journeys back into the south. She went back the lead otherslaves out of bondage. In 1851 she returned for her husband to find that he hadremarried.BibliographyHarriet Tubman: Comptons Encyclopedia (http://comptonsv3.web.aol.com) (2000)Harriet Tubman: Hutchinson Encyclopedia (http://ukab.web.aol.com) (2000) HarrietTubman: Encarta Online Concise (http://www.encarta.msn.com) (2000)English Essays .
