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The birth of a beautiful African American Lady.
Araminta Ross was born in Maryland, around the year 1820 as a slave. One of eleven kids. She was lucky enough to stay with her mom and dad. because most slaves get taken to different farms. Her parents names were Benjamin Ross and Harriet Green. they sometime they called her Minty. At the time people didnt keep records of slaves date of birth, so the month and date is unknown. -
Child Slave
Araminta Ross was born a slave, just like the girl in this picture. -
Standing up.
In her early teens, she suffered an injury.
Always ready to stand up for someone, ross blocked a doorway to protect another field hand from an angry overseer. the overseer picked up and threw a two-pound weight at the field hand, it fell short, striking ross on the head which made her get a fracture her head -
John Tubman
Araminta Ross married a free black named John Tubman,
after they got married she took the last name of Tubman and her mother name of Harriet. Her whole name was Harriet Ross Tubman. On the left side , the lady with the hat is Harriet Tubman, and the man with the cane was her husband. -
Harriet Tubman Ditch.
Harriet Tubman ran away on foot from assistance of a friendly white woman. following the north star to get to pennsylvania and soon going to philadelphia, where she found work and saved her money.
this brave, and amazing lady gave speechess, about how she was against slavery. -
years later
years later she went back to maryland to escort her family from slavery. she went to go get her husband but found out that he had another wife. this picture shows the underground railround routes harriet tubman and many other took slaves took .
they also used the north star. -
capture.
harriet tubman, was wanted.
tubmans capture would have brought
a $40,000 reward to the south. -
trips
harriet tubman, made 19 trips over more than 300 times. she made an challenging journey in which she rescued her 70 year old parents.
they would use drugs on a baby if it cried because it might put the fugitives in danger. if they became too tired or decided to turn back telling them " you'll be free or die. " -
death
harriet tuman worked for the union, cooked , was a nurse and also a spy. after the civil war she settled in auburn,new york were she would spend the rest of her long life. she died in 1913.
she was a great rolemodle and she will never be forgotten.
Rest In Paradise,
