Harriet Tubman is one of the most recognized names when doing research about the Underground Railroad. She was considered to be a conductor of the Underground Railroad. She escorted over 300 slaves to freedom over a ten-year span. She made 19 trips into the south. She once proudly said to Frederick Douglas that in all of her journeys she "never lost a single passenger." She was given the name of "Black Moses" due to her helping slaves make their exodus into freedom just as Moses had helped the Israelites make their exodus out of Egypt under Pharaoh Ramses' enslavement of them.
             Harriet's given name at birth was Araminta Ross. Many called Araminta "Minty" for short. She later changed her first name to Harriet, after her mother.
             She was born into slavery in either 1819 or 1820. There was a not adequate record of births in those days, at least not for people of color. She was born in Maryland's Eastern shore in Dorchester County. Her parents' names were Benjamin Ross and Harriet Green. Both her parents were Ashanti slaves. They were from the Ashanti tribe in Africa and sold into enslavement where they were eventually auctioned off and sent to work at a plantation belonging to Edward Brodas (Brodess). They had eleven children and saw many of their children sold into the Deep South. Harriet was born on this same plantation. She began to work as a house servant at the age of five. She was often "rented" out to neighbors to do their housework. Because she was not very good at domestic skills young Harriet was often beat by her owners and those who rented her. Eventually she was sent to work in the fields. Harriet preferred the fields instead of doing housework. She was small in stature as a young girl. Her endless work in the field made her strong, physically which would help her later in her life.
             As a young teenager, Harriet suffered a head injury that pla
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