Becoming Moses Once Harriet had reached Philadelphia, she began to think of her family. She was free, and she believed they should be free, too. In December of 1850, Tubman heard that her niece and her two children were going to be sold in Cambridge. She went to Baltimore and helped her niece and her niece's children escape, with the help of her niece's husband. The next year she returned to Maryland again, gaining her the name "Moses," like the prophet who led the Hebrews to freedom from Egypt.
Tubman made many trips back to Maryland. She was very serious about helping slave's escape. One year, Harriet returned to Maryland, this time to convince her husband, John Tubman, to come with her to the north. Even when she found out he had found himself another wife, Moses led the Hebrews to freedom, without John. |
A map showing the most important states in
Harriets life. |