Harriet Tubman was born in Slavery,at the age of five,she was first hired out to work.She was initially serving as a NurseMaid and later as a field hand,a cook and a woodcutter. When she was about 12 year old,she reportedly refused to help an overseer punish another enslaved person and she suffered a severe head injury when he threw weight that accidentally stuck her,she subsequently suffered seizures throughout her life.

Harriet Tubman Biography