Harriet Tubman · every age
What was Harriet Tubman doing at 12?
Escaped slavery at 27, then went back about 13 times
- c. 1834
Skull fractured by a two-pound weight
An overseer threw it at another slave and hit her. Painful headaches and sudden sleeping spells followed for life.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Others at 12
Portrait: Photo: Benjamin F. Powelson (1868), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source
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