Harriet tuman biography
Harriet tuman biography
Harriet tubman biography book.
Early Life
Famed abolitionist and conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland, sometime around The fifth of Benjamin Ross and Harriet Green&#;s nine children, Tubman&#;s birth name was Araminta Ross and her nickname was Minty.
Legally owned by Mary Pattison Brodess, Tubman&#;s mother served as a cook for the Brodess family. Tubman&#;s father toiled as a skilled woodsman on a nearby plantation managed by his owner Mary Brodess&#; second husband, Anthony Thompson.
When Minty reached the age of five or six, her owner hired her out to James and Susan Cook, for whom she toiled as a house servant.
When Minty grew older and stronger, she became more valuable as a field hand performing backbreaking work on several plantations. Tubman later recounted that overseers frequently whipped and beat her throughout her childhood for the slightest provocations.
Serious Head Injury
During her adolescence, Minty suffered a serious head