Harriet Tubman Timeline
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mise à jour avec succès: 10 janv. 2019
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Eliza Brodess sent out a reward for Harriet and her
two brothers. They were worth $100 each and
equaled up to $300.Harriet was sent to the store where she saw a boy
running from his overseer. The overseer asked
Harriet to grab the kid, but she told him no. The
overseer threw a weight to stop the boy, but
missed and hit Harriet in the head by accident.
She was left with several problems after being hit.Harriet died in Auburn, New York on March 10,
1913 at age 93. Her cause of death was
pneumonia.Harriet Tubman was born straight into slavery in 1820.
She was born in Bucktown, Maryland. There is a sign
there today that marks it as her birthplace and
describes what she did.Harriet worked as a spy and nurse for the
Union during the Civil War. She let the
Union know the locations and
movements of the Confederates.
She was never paid for all that she did.Harriet is shown with a scar on her head. It's a
constant reminder of the day she almost died.
She was struck on the head with a weight when
a overseer missed and hit her instead of the kid
running from him.Harriet was moved into a rest home
that was named after her where she
later died of pneumonia.Harriet told about she has a choice of liberty
or death. She said if she doesn't get one she
will get the other. She will fight for liberty until
she can't do it anymore. When the time comes,
she will be ready to die.The paragraph explains how Harriet moved back and forth
between the North and South. She did different duties sent
by the Government.In 2002, a middle school class went on a trip
to a museum. While they were there they had
found that Harriet had never received back pay.
They wrote a letter to Senator Hillary Clinton.
This got votes from Congress and they voted
for her to get her back pay. All of the money
was given to the Harriet Tubman Home.Minty married John Tubman in 1844.
She took his last name and this was
also the time she changed her name
to Harriet.After escaping from a plantation in 1849,
she spent her time freeing slaves. She was
the start of the underground railroad. As
she got older she resided in a home that
was named after her and she died there
at age 93 in 1913.
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