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100 years after her death, new honors for Harriet Tubman. Harriett Tubman is remembered an abolitionist, a Civil War spy, and a beacon for slaves seeking freedom, but she was also a woman who defied simple categorization, according to one of her biographers. Post to Facebook. Cancel Send.
Harriet Tubman circa 1871 . Library of Congress. Conductor on the Underground Railroad, military leader, suffragist, and descendant of the Ashanti ethnic group in Ghana, Harriet Tubman is an American hero. The sacrifices she made to save her family and friends from slavery continues to inspire others today. Enslaved Families in Dorchester County . Araminta Ross (Harriet Tubman) was born enslaved in 1822 in Maryland's Eastern shore in Dorchester County. Harriet Tubmanâs parents, Harriet âRitâ (mother) and Ben Ross (father), had nine children.