Harriet Tubman (1822-1913)

Harriet Tubman was born Araminta Ross in March 1822 in Dorchester Country, Maryland. Known as the “Moses of her people,” Tubman escaped her life as a slave in 1849. After her escape, Tubman dedicated the rest of her days to risking her life as a conductor on the Underground Railroad to ensure others’ escape from slavery. Tubman led over 300 enslaved people out of captivity. Harriet Tubman will be the first African-American woman to appear on U.S. currency. She was an abolitionist and political activist who fought for Black-Americans’ freedom until the victorious day of December 18, 1865, when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the ratification of the 13th amendment, abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States. And at the age of 93, Tubman died of pneumonia on March 10, 1913, in Auburn, New York, surrounded by her dear friends and family.