Slavery Biographies | Harriet Tubman Biography

Born c. 1820
Dorchester County, Maryland
Died March 10, 1913
Auburn, New York

Fugitive slave, abolitionist, Underground Railroad
conductor, Union Army scout, spy, nurse, cook,
social reformer

More than probably any single individual of her times, Harriet Tubman successfully rebelled against the slave system of the United States, devoting enormous amounts of time and energy for most of her life to fight for liberty and equality for her fellow African Americans.

Araminta, the young slave

Harriet Tubman was born a slave, one of eleven...