Numbers | Names | True or False |
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What is 70
The number of people did Harriet Tubman really saved.
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What is John Tubman
This was the name of Harriet's husband.
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What is true
Harriet Tubman’s birth name,
Araminta, is a Puritan name. |
What is 13
The number of trips to Maryland did Harriet make (approximatley).
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What is Minty
This was Harriet's nickname.
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What is false
Harriet Tubman was forced to marry
John Tubman. |
What is $100
The amount of reward for Tubman’s capture is in
the October 3, 1849 advertisement for the return of “Minty” and her brothers for each of them if caught outside of Maryland. |
What is Maryland.
The name of the state Tubman was born.
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What is true
Harriet Tubman carried a small pistol with her on
her rescue missions. |
What is $40,000
The amount of the bounty figure that was madeup by Sallie Holley, a former anti-slavery activist in New York, who wrote a letter to a newspaper in 1867, arguing for support for Tubman in her pursuit of back pay and pension from the Union Army.
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What is Dorchester county
The name of the county in which Tubman was born in Maryland.
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What is true
Harriet Tubman sang two songs on her rescue missions: “Go Down Moses,” and, “Bound For the Promised Land.”
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What is 9.
THe number of children were in the Ross family (including Harriet).
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What is Jacob Jackson
The name of the free black farmer and veterinarian, who was Harriet Tubman’s confidante. T
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What is false
Because they married by choice, any children born
to Harriet Tubman would have legally belonged to John Tubman. |