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