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Harriet Tubman was born in Dorchester County, Maryland. She was born a slave, but she fled slavery in 1849, leaving her husband and family behind. Over the course of the next ten years she returned to the South atlas 19 times to help lead slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad (a secret network of safe houses where runaway slaves could stay on the trek North.) "She later became a leader in the abolitionist movement, and during the Civil War she was a spy for the federal forces in South Carolina as well as a nurse." Information from America's Story from America's Library (http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/tubman/aa_tubman_subj.html) and Black History-History. com (http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/harriet-tubman)

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Biography: 
Harriet Tubman was born in Dorchester County, Maryland. She was born a slave, but she fled slavery in 1849, leaving her husband and family behind. Over the course of the next ten years she returned to the South atlas 19 times to help lead slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad (a secret network of safe houses where runaway slaves could stay on the trek North.) "She later became a leader in the abolitionist movement, and during the Civil War she was a spy for the federal forces in South Carolina as well as a nurse." Information from America's Story from America's Library (http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/tubman/aa_tubman_subj.html) and Black History-History. com (http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/harriet-tubman)
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http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/tubman/aa_tubman_subj.html
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America's Story from America's Library
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Information also from Black History- History.com (http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/harriet-tubman)
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Biography: 
"In 1859, Harriet Tubman purchased a seven-acre farm on South Street on the town line between Auburn and Fleming, near the tollgate, from William Henry Seward, then U.S. Senator... Known as the Burton farm, it eventually included a house, barn, and several outbuildings, enough to sustain Tubman, her parents, and other family members." Information from Sites Relating to the Underground Railroad, Abolitionism, African American Life (http://www.cayugacounty.us/portals/0/history/ugrr/report/PDF/5g.pdf)
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http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/tubman/aa_tubman_subj.html
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America's Story from America's Library
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http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/tubman/aa_tubman_subj.html
Title of Webpage: 
America's Story from America's Library
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Friday, March 11, 2016 - 10:30
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