Título: Harriet Tubman
Seção: John Brown and Harpers Ferry
Background: Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c. 1822 - March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some thirteen missions to rescue approximately seventy enslaved people, family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. She later helped abolitionist John Brown recruit men for his raid on Harpers Ferry.

Conteúdo: Tubman was born Araminta "Minty" Ross to slave parents, Harriet ("Rit") Green and Ben Ross. Rit was owned by Mary Pattison Brodess (and later her son Edward). Ben was held by Anthony Thompson, who became Mary's second husband, and who ran a large plantation near Blackwater River in Madison, Maryland. As with many slaves in the United States, neither the exact year nor place of Araminta's birth is known, and historians differ as to the best estimate. Kate Larson records the year as 1822, based on a midwife payment and several other historical documents, including her runaway advertisement, while Jean Humez says "the best current evidence suggests that Tubman was born in 1820, but it might have been a year or two later." Catherine Clinton notes that Tubman reported the year of her birth as 1825, while her death certificate lists 1815 and her gravestone lists 1820. In her Civil War widow's pension records, Tubman claimed she was born in 1820, 1822, and 1825, an indication, perhaps, that she had only a general idea of when she was born. Modesty, Tubman's maternal grandmother, arrived in the United States on a slave ship from Africa; no information is available about her other ancestors. As a child, Tubman was told that she seemed like an Ashanti person due to her character traits, though no evidence exists to confirm this lineage. Her mother Rit (who may have had a white father) was a cook for the Brodess family. Her father Ben was a skilled woodsman who managed the timber work o

user: What happened at Harpers Ferry?

assistant: the raid on Harpers Ferry took place on October 16,

user: Who was John Brown?

assistant: abolitionist John Brown, an insurgent who advocated the use of violence to destroy slavery in the United States.

user: Was he part of the raid on Harpers Ferry?

assistant: Brown and his men prepared to launch the attack,

user: What happened during the attack?

assistant: The raid failed;

user: What did they do after it failed?

assistant: Brown was convicted of treason and hanged in December.

user: Was Tubman involved in the raid?

assistant: Tubman was not present.

user: Was Tubman involved with John Brown?

assistant: Tubman was introduced to the abolitionist John Brown,

user: What relationship does this event have to Tubman's activities?

assistant: Tubman herself was effusive with praise. She later told a friend: "[H]e done more in dying, than 100 men would in living."

user: Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?

assistant: Brown was joined by "General Tubman", as he called her.

user: Where was Tubman born?

assistant: As with many slaves in the United States, neither the exact year nor place of Araminta's birth is known,