Harriet Tubman and her life in slaveryKandalynn Naidl 12413 Category: SlaveryHarriet TubmanHer life in slavery:Harriet Ross was born a slave in 1820 in Maryland. At the age of 12, she was subjected to a severe blow to the head by a chain and a 2-pound iron ball, which was supposed to be thrown at another enslaved African American, but instead was thrown at her. were actually started accidentally (she later suffered from narcolepsy, so she could sleep anywhere at any time, without stopping it), because she didn't help tie another man to a pole to having tried to escape. At this point in her life she had no rights or freedom to do anything, her only responsibilities were to obey her master and try not to get killed. At the age of 25, in 1884, she married a free black man, John Tubman and changed her name. to Harriet Tubman (her full name was Araminta Harriet Ross). Later, fearing she would be sold south, she fled to Canada. She still had no rights and her responsibilities were to stay safe and try to escape. Fleeing to Freedom in Canada: Tubman got help from a white neighbor who gave him the names of two people who could help him on his path to freedom. she went to the first house where she was put in a wagon and covered her head with a sack, the wagon was following a path to Pennsylvania. She was sent upstate to Philadelphia where she met William Still, the station master of the Philadelphia Underground Railroad. With the help of Still and other members of the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society, she discovered how the UGRR worked. In 1851, she began moving members of her family to St. Catharines. ..... middle of paper ...... in my mind, there was one of two things I was entitled to, freedom or death; if I couldn't have one, I'd have the other.-Harriet TubmanI can only die once.-Harriet TubmanQuakers almost as good as they are colorful. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.-Harriet TubmanI looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such glory over everything. The sun rose like gold through the trees and I felt like I was in paradise. -Harriet Tubman I would fight for my freedom as long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.-Harriet TubmanI grew up like a neglected weed - ignorant of freedom, having no experience with it.-Harriet TubmanI have never derailed my train and never lost a passenger.-Harriet TubmanI have never lost a passenger.-Harriet TubmanYou go free or die!-Harriet Tubman