Or 1820, in Dorchester County, Maryland. She was a purely African ancestry. She was brought up under harsh conditions, whipping as a small child. She spent most of her early childhood with her grandmother. Her grandmother was too old to do slave labor. When she was six years old she was consider able to work. She wasn’t allowed to work in the fields. Her master name was
Edward Brodas. Harriet Tubman master would lend her to this couple who frequently beat hurt.
They were the first people to put her to work at doing weaving. When she wouldn’t work as hard as she should the couple would get her to check the muskrat trap. Harriet would catch the measles while she did the work. The …show more content…
Harriet Tubman didn’t believe him at first until she seen his face and knew
That he meant what he said. Harriet Tubman goal was too much for her to give up. Harriet
Tubman and went for escape to Philadelphia in 1849. Harriet Tubman was given a paper from a
Abolitionist white man and given directions to the very first house to escape and be where
Freedom was at. When she reached the very first house she was put inside a wagon and covered
Up with a sack, and she was driven to her next stop. The people who had driven her to
Her next stop was kind enough to give her directions to safe houses. When she went to the safe
Houses the people lead her cross the Mason-Dixon Line. Harriet Tubman caught a ride with a
Lady and the lady husband after she had cross the Mason-Dixon Line. The lady and the lady
Husband was Abolitionist so they brought her to Philadelphia. Harriet Tubman had found
Somewhere to work and she would save her money from the job to help the slaves. She met this
Man named William Still he was the Philadelphia Stationmaster on the Underground