Harriet Tubman

America's Library

Tubman's Early Years and Escape from Slavery
Harriet Tubman's name at birth was Araminta Ross. She was one of 11 children of Harriet and Benjamin Ross born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland. As a child, Ross was "hired out" by her master as a nursemaid for a small baby, much like the nursemaid in the picture.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/activists/tubman/youth_1

Harriet Tubman
Born: c. 1820, Dorchester County, Maryland
Died: March 10, 1913, Auburn, New York
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/tubman

After Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery, she returned to slave-holding states many times to help other slaves escape. She led them safely to the northern free states and to Canada.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/activists/tubman/rail_1

Tubman During the Civil War
During the Civil War, Tubman worked for the Union army as a nurse, a cook, and a spy. Her experience leading slaves along the Underground Railroad was especially helpful because she knew the land well. She recruited a group of former slaves to hunt for rebel camps and report on the movement of the Confederate troops.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/activists/tubman/spy_1

Photograph of Harriet Tubman
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/rbcmillerbib:@field(DOCID+@lit(rbcmiller002657))

New York State Woman Suffrage Association appointments, delegates to National American Woman Suffrage Association convention; Harriet Tubman spends night at train station, speaks to convention; young boy brings bouquet for Susan B. Anthony; visit to Susan Look Avery
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/rbcmillerbib:@field(DOCID+@lit(rbcmiller002804))

Women of achievement : written for the Fireside Schools under the auspices of the Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society / Brawley, Benjamin Griffith, 1882-1939.
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/uncall:@field(DOCID+@lit(AXZ-2954%20%20%20))