

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Then she could be a house slave and avoid the backbreaking work picking crops like tobacco, corn, or wheat in the fields. She hoped her little girl, whose nickname was Minty, would learn to sew, cook, or weave. But Old Rit loved her tiny child and wanted to protect her. Neither Harriet, who was called Old Rit, nor her husband, Ben, could read or write, so they couldn’t record the year of the baby’s birth. Sometime around 1820 in Maryland, a slave named Harriet Ross had a baby girl.

Even after she had escaped safely from the South, she went back to take other slaves north to freedom. Born during the enslavement period in America, Harriet Tubman knew what it meant to be someones property. And she risked her life many times to help them become free. Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someones property she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an overseer.

It was from other field hands that she first heard about the Underground Railroad which she travelled by herself north to Philadelphia.

Because she led so many to freedom, she was called “Moses.” Like Moses in the Bible, Harriet Tubman believed that her people should be free. Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someone’s property she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an overseer. BY (AUTHOR) McDonough, Yona Zeldis, BY (AUTHOR) Who HQ, ILLUSTRATED BY. She was daring enough to help others escape, too. DESCRIPTION : Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it. She was brave enough to escape from slavery. Born a slave, Harriet Tubman grew into a brave and daring young woman. Almost everyone thought the birth of a slave baby wasn’t worth remembering. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.No one knows the exact year in which Harriet Tubman was born. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
