RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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Question
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Her owners were hard on her and hurt her.
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She wanted to live somewhere else.
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She was looking for her pet.
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Her owners told her to.
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Detailed explanation-1: -(She was born Araminta Ross; she later changed her first name to Harriet, after her mother.) In 1849, in fear that she, along with the other slaves on the plantation, was to be sold, Tubman resolved to run away.
Detailed explanation-2: -As an enslaved child, she endured a severe head injury when an overseer hurled a lead weight at her in anger. Stemming from that injury, Tubman continuously suffered from debilitating seizures and other painful conditions.
Detailed explanation-3: -Tubman successfully escaped to Philadelphia in 1849. Once free, she became an operator of the Underground Railroad-a secret network of people, places and routes that provided shelter and assistance to escaping slaves.
Detailed explanation-4: -When Tubman was a child, an overseer hit her in the head with a heavy weight after she refused to restrain a field hand who had left his plantation without permission. She suffered severe trauma from the event and experienced headaches and seizures for the rest of her life.
Detailed explanation-5: -September 17, 1849-Harriet Tubman escaped slavery today in Maryland, thanks to the help of two of her brothers, Ben and Henry. Tubman had been hired out to Dr. Anthony Thompson, who owned a large plantation in an area called Poplar Neck in neighboring Caroline County.