Early yearsHer real name was Harriet Beecher Stowe. Born like a balm on June 14, 1820 on a plantation in Maryland. There were 8 children in her family and she was the sixth. When she was five years old, her mother died. His father remarried a year later and over time had three more children. Her father always wanted her to be a boy. When Harriet was just 13 years old, she tried to stop a person from being whipped and stepped between the two people. The white man hit her in the head with a shovel and she lost consciousness. From then on, she had horrible migraines and sometimes collapsed to the floor while working. She served as a field laborer and servant on a Maryland plantation. In 1844, she married John Tubman, a free black man. In 1849, she fled to the North, where slaves could be free before the outbreak of the American Civil War. In 1861, she made 19 trips to help lead other slaves. She led them to freedom along the clandestine route known as the Underground Railroad. She also led approximately 300 slaves to freedom, including her mother, father and six of her 11 siblings. Adult YearsHarriet's first rescue was in Baltimore, where she led her sister Mary Ann Bowlet and her two children North. In 1849, Harriet was to be sold to a slave trader. She was taken from her husband and didn't know where she was going to end up. She ran away that night. She only traveled when it was dark and slept during the day. She hid in haystacks, barns and houses. Harriet would always carry a revolver on her many trips to the South because a returning slave could reveal people who facilitated escapees' passage by offering them food and shelter. Harriet would threaten to shoot anyone, for fear of being caught, who decided to return during the journey north. Slave owners offer a $40,000 reward to free free slaves. Harriet was a legendary figure. Black children called her “Aunt Harriet.” Harriet received a letter from Queen Victoria in the post. She was the Queen of England. She invited Harriet to her birthday and also sent her 2 boxes filled with a black silk shawl and a medal representing the Queen's family. It was his Diamond Jubilee medal. Towards the end of the war, Harriet went to the hospital at Fort Monroe. She cleaned the hospital...... middle of paper ......ar. She filed claims against the government for pay and/or pensions for black soldiers. Harriet was sold and separated from her family, so she ran away at twenty-eight and found her way to freedom on the Underground Railroad. There, she led Southern slaves to freedom in the North or Canada. These intrepid blacks were called “conductors” on the Underground Railroad. Black people called her “Moses” because she led her people to freedom. Harriet appeared as a guest speaker with Elizabeth Cody Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, speaking out against women's voting rights and control of property and wages. „h Harriet made more than nineteen trips to the South during which she led more than three hundred slaves to freedom. She never lost anyone and was never captured. "After the Civil War, Harriet continued to devote her life to others and to advocating for the rights of women as well as those of newly freed blacks. She opened a home for the elderly and blacks in need. In conclusion, Harriet Tubman had an influence on everyone because of his courage, strength and..