Tubman, Harriet
(b. ca. 1820; d. March 10, 1913) Former slave and conductor on the Underground Railroad, Civil War nurse and spy.
Harriet Tubman, heroine of the Underground Railroad, personally esco...
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Harriet Tubman
Born 1820 or 1821
Dorchester County, Maryland
Died March 10, 1913
Auburn, New York
Escaped slave who became a leader of the
Underground Railroad
Risked her life in order to guide hundre...
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Harriet Tubman
Born c. 1820
Dorchester County, Maryland
Died March 10, 1913
Auburn, New York
African American abolitionist who helped slaves emigrate from the United States to freedom in Canada using ...
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Harriet Tubman
Born 1820 or 1821 Dorchester County, Maryland Died March 10, 1913 Auburn, New York
Fugitive slave, abolitionist, Underground Railroad conductor, and Union army spy
Harriet Tubman, an ...
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Harriet Ross Tubman (ca. 1820-1913) was a black American who, as an agent for the Underground Railroad, a clandestine escape route used to smuggle slaves to freedom in the North and Canada, helped hun...
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Harriet Tubman's Childhood
Araninta Ross, also known as Harriet Tubman, was born into slavery in 1819 or 1820, in Dorchester County, Maryland. She had ten brothers and sisters who were sold into sl...
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Harriet Tubman was born a slave. As a young girl, she was hurt badly by her owner. She promised herself that one day she would be free. Once free, she helped many other slaves get their freedom. Le...
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Harriet Tubman was born a slave. As a young girl, she was hurt badly by her owner. She promised herself that one day she would be free. Once free, she helped many other slaves get their freedom. Le...
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Harriet Tubman was born a slave. As a young girl, she was hurt badly by her owner. She promised herself that one day she would be free. Once free, she helped many other slaves get their freedom. Le...
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Harriet Tubman was born a slave. As a young girl, she was hurt badly by her owner. She promised herself that one day she would be free. Once free, she helped many other slaves get their freedom. Le...
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This unit contains a four-page biographical article about Underground Railroad conductor, Harriet Tubman, plus six Skill Sharpeners on comprehension (using prior knowledge, following directions), v...
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In 1992, Bill Clinton hit a political home run with his "Sister Souljah" moment. In 2007, Hillary Clinton suffered a reverse "Sister Souljah" strikeout. If it isn't the end of her presidential aspi...
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Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she sees her sometimes Southern accent as a virtue."I think America is ready for a multilingual president," Clinton said during a ...
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is heading south and the question is: Will she use her occasional Dixie drawl?The New York senator added a Southern lilt to her voice last w...
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In Tara Guber's ideal world, American children would meditate in the lotus position and chant in Sanskrit before taking stressful standardized tests.But when she asked a public elementary school in...
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In Tara Guber's ideal world, American children would meditate in the lotus position and chant in Sanskrit before taking stressful standardized tests.But when she asked a public elementary school in...
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8:30 a.m. Anti-war groups will protest the Iraq war and President Bush's speech before the U.N. General Assembly at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 47th Street and First Avenue.
9 a.m. The New York Disaste...
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The Civil War brought hard times to Georgia, with Union troops torching Atlanta and cutting a swath of destruction through the state before delivering Savannah to President Abraham Lincoln as an ea...
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There's no golf course or hotel coming to the quiet marshes around this refuge, a spot prized by birdwatchers for its bustling waterfowl and bald eagle populations. But that doesn't mean there are ...
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Longtime residents of Pine Street say it used to bustle with traffic to black-owned businesses. Today, 40 years after racial tensions peaked with a devastating fire, it's hard to tell that the neig...
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