First Person account of Hariot Tubman.

I was born into slavery in 1819 or 1820, in Dorchester County, Maryland. Given the names of my two parents, both held in slavery, I was of purely African ancestry. I was whipped even as a small child and received a serious headwound when I refused to help tie up a run-a-way slave. At the age of 25, I married John Tubman, a free African American. Five years later, fearing I would be sold, I made my escape. …

…I would give all to understand that "times were very critical and therefore no foolishness would be indulged in on the road." That several who were rather weak- kneed and faint-hearted were greatly invigorated by my blunt and positive manner and threat of extreme measures, there could be no doubt. I spent her last years in the home telling stories of my life to visitors. On March 10, 1913, I died of pneumonia. I was 93 years old.