Who is Harriet Tubman?

Harriet Tubman was born with the name Araminta Rose in Maryland in 1825. She later adopted the name Harriet after her mother. In about 1844 she married John Tubman. When Tubman was sold, she was forced to leave her family and husband behind. Tubman was widely known as being a slave that fought for her freedom as well as other African Americans. They recognized her the "Moses" of her people. Tubman spent long hours doing slave labor in the fields and was harshly beaten in the head which led to the development of narcolepsy and epilepsy. After escaping her owners, she fled to Pennsylvania through the underground railroad. Tubman had left some over her family members behind and wanted to go back to save them. She didn't stop there. She wanted to be able to help other people so she returned to the South and led over 300 slaves through the underground railroad. Later in her life she became an activist and leader in the abolitionist movement. She also served as a spy during the Civil War for the federal forces in South Carolina while working as a nurse and cook. After the Civil War, Tubman moved to Auburn, New York where she took in orphans and the elderly. When Harriet Tubman passed away, she was later recognized for being an outstanding activist and hero for the end of slavery.