Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman Harriet Ross Tubman was originally named Araminta Ross. She was born around the year 1820 and died in 1913. Harriet was born into a family of eleven children who were born to the slaves, Benjamin Ross and Harriet Greene, and lived on a plantation in Dorchester County, Maryland. Harriet was put to work by the age of five, and served as a maid and children’s nurse. At the age of 12 she became a field …

…efforts. She also raised funds to assist former slaves with food, shelter, and education. Tubman established a care facility for the elderly in her home located in Auburn, New York. She was still unable to read or write, but her friend, Sarah Bradford, helped publish a biography in 1869 called Scenes from the Life of Harriet Tubman. Queen Victoria awarded her a silver metal in 1897. The epitaph on her gravestone reads, “Servant of God. Well done.”