Harriet Tubman was enslaved just like every other African American in the 1800s.
captives like Harriet Tubman was under a little agreement called an indenture.
That was when captives had to work for a certain amount of years for their slave owners, then
they were free to go, not many people followed the law back then. Harriet Tubman's mother
Harriet Ross was supposed to be free from captivity 11 years ago that was when she was 45 years
old. Harriet Tubman got tired of all the captive owner's ways and how they treated them
unfairly so she decided to escape to Pennsylvania in 1849. Harriet Tubman was going to escape
alone but she didn't know what worse torture they would do to her brothers while she was gone
so she was accompanied
captives like Harriet Tubman was under a little agreement called an indenture.
That was when captives had to work for a certain amount of years for their slave owners, then
they were free to go, not many people followed the law back then. Harriet Tubman's mother
Harriet Ross was supposed to be free from captivity 11 years ago that was when she was 45 years
old. Harriet Tubman got tired of all the captive owner's ways and how they treated them
unfairly so she decided to escape to Pennsylvania in 1849. Harriet Tubman was going to escape
alone but she didn't know what worse torture they would do to her brothers while she was gone
so she was accompanied