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A photo of an image taken at Harriet Tubman's funeral. Th abolitionist died in 1913 at the age of 93. (Photo: Copy photo by Melanie Eversley). Harriet Tubman is remembered as an abolitionist, a Civil War spy, and a beacon for freedom-seeking slaves. But she was also a woman who defied simple categorization, according to one of her biographers.
In the 1850âs there was one woman who risked her life not once but many times to rescue hundreds of slaves and help them escape to freedom. This woman was Harriet Tubman. Tubman was the most famous leader of the Underground Railroad. Tubman was born a slave in 1820 on the Brodas plantation. Her and name was Araminta Ross, but as a child she was always known by her motherâs name, Harriet. These were hard times, so by the age of five she was hired out as a laborer. Harriet did not care to work indoors and was routinely beaten by her masters.