May 10/1849, Harriet Tubman had crossed the invisible boundary between life and freedom for slaves in Pennsylvania. Earlier in September, she has left the station dientai Dorchester county, Maryland and move all night . Years later, she recalled the moment set foot in Pennsylvania: "When I realized I had crossed the line, I looked down at his hands to see the old man still is not. Everything is tinged with glory . the sun came like gold streams through the trees, and across the field, I felt like I was in Heaven. " for years afterward, she was repeatedly Tubman returned to Maryland to rescue others, leading them hiding under the so-called "underground railway", which is actually a network of safe haven used to bring slaves from the South to freedom in the states North. With her dedication, the US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew last week announced plans new $ 20 bill design. Portrait of Harriet Tubman will be printed on the front of this form, while photos 7th US President, Andrew Jackson, will be moved to the back. She was the first African American to be printed on paper portrait dollars. This new design will be circulated early in 2020. The freed slaves Month 9/1849, Ms. Tubman then 27 years old, is a slave to no one knows, and it is not clear about his future after when his boss dies. Fear will be sold to areas farther south, she met with two of his brother Benjamin and Henry. 17th night, they run away together. To help health father, after he had been released earlier, her three sisters in hiding for three weeks Tubman, when arrest warrants were published in a local newspaper, bonuses included USD 100 / person for anyone helping arrest. Fearing the prospect of the future, Ben and Henry abandoned the idea of running away and returned to the plantation. Her only with firm resolve Tubman decided to go alone. She was the fourth child in a family of nine brothers and sisters, with both parents were slaves in the county of Dorchester, Maryland. Her birth name was Araminta - also called "Minty" - Ross. Decades later, during preparations for the escape from Dorchester county, Minty was renamed the Harriet Tubman. She took her mother's Christian name and surname of her husband, John Tubman - a free man but decided to stay when Harriet fled. When it was Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Tubman made her maid for a family. In late 1850, she was informed that her niece, Kessiah Jolley Bowley, was in the previous owner put up for auction. Bowley's two children, James and Araminta, was also sold. Ms. Tubman embarked on the first rescue mission. December that year, she met Bowley's husband, John, in Baltimore, and both plans. After putting all three escaped smoothly mother, John put all into the boat moving in the Chesapeake River to Baltimore, met Mrs. Tubman. From there they moved to Philadelphia before moving to Canada. After that, she continued Tubman helped at least 70 people, including relatives, friends and even strangers, get rid of slavery in this manner, despite imminent danger. She goes back with more thorough camouflage and carrying with him a pistol revolvers. When the news of the liberation of Mrs. Tubman adventure spread, activists freed William Lloyd Garrison slaves laid for Tubman nickname "Moses" after the name of the prophet, which led the Jews escape from slavery in Egypt. Since then, the nickname associated with women of color. By 1854, when mastered helping fugitive slaves, Moses finally freeing the three brother Ben, Henry, and Robert. In 1856, she had to rescue her parents, who were freed but were suspected of helping the others escape.
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