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Harriet Tubman
- Where did she live and work?
- As a slave, Tubman lived in Caroline County, Maryland as
she worked on plantations. As a free woman, Tubman lived
back and forth between Canada in the winter and
Philadelphia or Cape May in the summer. She worked as a
cook in hotels or bringing slaves into Canada to become
free.
- How did she become a hero?
- Harriet Tubman became a hero because she
risked her life while she brought slaves across the
border into Canada to become free from slavery.
- When did she live?
- Harriet Tubman lived in the time of slaves,
specifically the 1850s and the decades
around it.
- Who was she?
- Harriet Tubman was a fugitive
slave who took other
want-to-be-free slaves along the
Underground Railroad. She gave
hope to people about a free life.
- Why is she so important?
- Harriet Tubman is an important historical figure
because she is one of the most well-known slaves who
freed herself. She is also important to history because
she helped others to believe in a free life and a free
country.
- What did she do?
- Harriet Tubman worked to abolish
slavery, and she helped others escape
their lives of slavery.