Essentials in Writing: Research PaperMarch 2014Harriet Tubman: An American MosesHarriet Tubman is an important figure in American history. She is remembered for her work as an abolitionist, respected for the risks she took helping the Union Army during the Civil War, and honored for the lasting gifts she left to the people of her country. Harriet Tubman can be considered a hero by many men and women, because her example of courage and self-sacrifice inspires people of all races. Tubman came from humble beginnings, born into slavery during the 1820s (Tubman herself may not be sure of the year, having once dated it as "1820, 1822, or 1825". [Wikipedia article: Harriet Tubman] ) Her name was Araminta Harriet Ross, although she often had a nickname while she was a slave; her family called her "Harriet", after her mother, while Tubman's owners called her "Minty". She was the fifth of nine children, as well as the eldest daughter, as her three older sisters were sold to her parents. The fear of being separated was just one of the many brutal trials Tubman endured as a slave. As a very young child, she was responsible for taking care of her younger siblings while her mother worked. At the age of six, Tubman was hired as a nanny and was constantly whipped for letting her baby cry. When she was a little older, she was hired again, this time by a planter who had her trap muskrats in a nearby swamp. It was around this time that she contracted measles and was brought back to the plantation to be nursed by her mother. Once Tubman recovered, she was sent to work for another master. Perhaps the greatest damage that Tubman received at the hands of slavers was (Mumzee, how should I... middle of the paper... he the slaves of the deceased. Often, during the inheritance of the estate, the new master sold all the assets that she did not want, including slaves again in this life, as well as the knowledge that her new lover detested her and her brothers, pushed Harriet to attempt her first escape to freedom (Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet). Tubman; Dorothy Sterling). Harriet and two of her brothers were hired on a plantation in the Poplar Neck area of ​​Caroline County, which bordered the slaves' home plantation their master, their escape would be the most likely to go unnoticed for some time Harriet and her brothers left the plantation in September 17, 1849