Harriet Tubman Essay

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Harriet Tubman 4-15-14 Robert Helber, Hali Warrum, Preston Norrwick Mr. Belser Diversity Project speech (Hali Reads)I Harriet Tubman was born in the winter of 1819 to my parents Benjamin and Harriet Ross. (History Net) Although my name given to me is Araminta Ross. (History Net) My parents were both slaves on Maryland’s eastern shoreline. I was born into a large family of slaves whose origin is Africa. (History Net) My family’s roots were from the Ashanti tribe located in Ghana. (History Net) When I was only 5 years old I was loaned out to another plantation, where I worked with muskrat traps, putting them into rivers. (History Net) I soon became too sick to carry on and was returned home to recover from my malnourishment. (History Net) (Robert Reads) After I had recovered I was quickly loaned out once again this time as a nursemaid to the planter’s child. When I reached my teenage years I began my work as a field hand slave. (History Net) I would plow, and haul wood mostly. I remember a time when a fellow slave was being mistreated and had attempted to run away, I came in between the fight of the overseer and the other slave. (History Net) The overseer of the field threw a two pound weight at the other slave, but it didn’t hit the other slave, it instead hit me right in the head. This was a truly life altering experience for me, from then on I had lifelong headaches, seizures, and narcolepsy. (History Net) These things never went away, yet life goes on, with blessing. When I turned 25 the year was 1844, I had asked the master for permission to marry and was aloud. This is when I took on the last name Tubman. The man I had married was a free man, but I was not permitted to be free, which made things difficult. (History Net) My husband’s name was John Tubman. (Explore) When the plantation owner died in 1849, I ran away with two of my brothers, we were worried
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