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Harriet Tubman
Nicole Dykema
Birth – Date and Place
• Born around 1820• Dorchester County,
Maryland
Family
• Husband, John Tubman
• Fifth of nine children• Mom and Dad
Early Childhood Life
• At 12 she got hit in the head with a heavy weight
Education
• She got denied of education because she was a slave
Accomplishments and Awards
• She freed about 100,000 slaves on the Under Ground Railroad
Obstacles Harriet Overcame
• She overcame being a slave
• She had to free slaves
• Her husband would not let her escape
Why I think Harriet is a hero
• She freed slaves
Famous Quotes
• “I could of freed a thousand slaves, I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.”
• “I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.”
Death – Date and Place
• 93 years old• 1913• Auburn, New York
Other Interesting Facts
• she had a different name
• her nickname was Minty
Bibliography
• Kids.Yahoo.com
• www.gardenofpraise.com