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Harriet Tubman was born in 1822 in Maryland. She was born into slavery, with her family. She was a civil rights leader, and helped many escape slavery.
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Harriet Tubman was severely injured in the head by a metal weight that was aimed at another slave. This really told Tubman that slavery wasn't right and she wanted to do something about it.
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Tubman's father was manumitted when he turned 45. Which means he was freed when he was a certain age.
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Harriet Tubman married a free man named John Tubman.
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Harriet fell ill. Her "owner" died and left the plantation in a dire financial state. 3 of Tubmans sisters were sold.
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Harriet and her brothers escaped the plantation. The brothers had second thoughts and went back, publishing an $800 reward for Harriet.
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Fugitive slave law was passed as a part of the compromise of 1850.
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Harriet took her first trip to guide her family and others to freedom in the north. She did this using the Underground Railroad.
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She took her last mission to rescue her sister and later dieing in 1913, dying of pneumonia at age of 93.
