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Harriet Ross was born in Dorchester County, Maryland in 1820. By the age of 5 she was sold. When she was a child she wore a long shirt and no pants. When she was 7 she was taken to a new house. She was beaten because she could not dust and she was whipped because the baby cried. Once she ate some sugar and was caught. Her master took out the whip and she ran away. When she was 15 she tried to help a runaway slave. While doing that she was hit in the head. She went into a coma and for the rest of her life she had black outs. In 1844 she got married to a free black man named John Tubman and she became Harriet Tubman. She was not allowed to learn to read or write because, like all slaves, she might send letters to help her get free.

Harriet Tubman freed many slaves. She liked to go during the night because she could not bare to see them work like she used to. Many slave mastters would haven given good money to get a hold of Harriet. There was a news paper that read "Extra! Extra! Wanted reward. $70,000. She said it was that much because slave owners didn't want to loose their slaves. She also scouted in the Civil war. She scouted for the Union army. While doing that she continued to free slaves.

In the Underground Railroad there is a conducter and cargo/parcels/passengers. Harriet Tubman was the conducter and the slaves she freed are the passengers.

She was interviewed by a man named John.O.Slim. Some of her words were"I carry a gun to threaten anybody who thinks about going back to the plantation because they think that their masters will catch them."