Harriet Tubman A well known hero. This is Harriet she is well known as a great heroine who saved...

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Harriet Tubman A well known hero

This is Harriet she is well known as a great heroine who saved many slaves

Harriet lived here

Harriet lived in her house until she was 6, then she was sold to

rich people to work as a slave in the

southern states.

Harriet escaped when she was 30 years old.

This was called the Underground Railroad. Harriet went through here when she was escaping with

slaves to free states.

Rich people in the southern states bought slaves to work on their large farms, called

plantations

This is how people treated slaves in the 1500s. Many tried to escape, but many had

to die

Harriet saved more than 300 people

At age of 40 Harriet worked as a nurse in

the civil war

After the war more than 750 slaves where free from slavery

Harriet got out of her nurse job at age 47, she did not feel well

In March 10,1913 Harriet died of pneumonia

Many people are sad because of Harriet’s death

Made by : Nathaniel Duarte