Harriet Tubman — Horatio Seymour Squyer

Harriet Tubman


horatio seymour squyer (1848 - 1905)

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Born into slavery as Araminta Ross, Harriet Tubman rebelled against servitude from her earliest years, running away as early as age seven. At fifteen, she defied an overseer and was nearly killed when he gave her a