These experiences, combined with her Methodist upbringing, led her to become devoutly religious. After her injury, Tubman began experiencing strange visions and vivid dreams, which she ascribed to premonitions from God. The injury caused dizziness, pain, and spells of hypersomnia, which occurred throughout her life. Early in life, she suffered a traumatic head wound when an irate overseer threw a heavy metal weight, intending to hit another slave, but hit her instead. In her later years, Tubman was an activist in the movement for women's suffrage.īorn into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland, Tubman was beaten and whipped by various enslavers as a child. During the American Civil War, she served as an armed scout and spy for the Union Army. After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. March 1822 – March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and social activist.
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