C 10 or 11 – March 10, 1913) was an AfricanAmerican antislavery worker, and humanitarianShe was also a Union spy and the first black woman to ever lead an American mission during the American Civil WarShe was born into slavery but she escaped During her life, she made nineteen trips She helped more than 300 slaves escapeThe surname Tubman comes from her first husband, John Tubman, who she married in 1844 2 Harriet was born a slave and raised on Maryland's Eastern Shore where the lines between slavery andBorn into slavery in Maryland, Harriet Tubman escaped to freedom in the North in 1849 to become the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad Tubman risked her life to lead hundreds of family members and other slaves from the plantation system to freedom on this elaborate secret network of safe houses Harriet Tubman On The Twenty Dollar Bill Delayed By The Trump Administration The New Yorker Her harriet tubman as a teenager