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Harriet Tubman Research Paper

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James Wilkey
Mr. Black
Course 1
April 20, 2017
Harriet Tubman My name is Harriet Tubman. I was born a slave in Dorchester county, Maryland. In the younger time of my life I was beaten and whipped by my masters, but I never lost faith in the Lord. In 1849, I escaped from bondage and ran to Philadelphia, which was a non-slave state. After reaching freedom in Philadelphia, I returned to Maryland to rescue my family. Slowly, one group at a time, I guided dozens of slaves to freedom. They called me moses, leading my people out of bondage and shackles. There was something called the slave act of 1850 that made all the escaped slaves of the south return to slavery. This forced me to take the escaped slaves farther north into British North America.

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