SHANEEN KNOWS

Before there was D'Jango, there was Harriet Tubman, a 5'2 pint-sized powerhouse also known as the "Conductor" for the Underground Railroad. Harriett Tubman, born Araminta Harriet Ross in 1820 was no stranger to slavery, she was born into it. When she was just a young girl she had a bad accident that caused a head injury. She was hit with a heavy piece of metal after a slave master tried to throw the metal at another slave and hit her instead. Because of this she suffered from seizures, headaches and narcoleptic attacks throughout her life. She lived during a time when women didn't play much of a role, they just cooked and cleaned. Harriet did her fair share of the required duties but she had a bigger role in mind, she wanted to be free. Around 1844, she got married to a free Black man, John Tubman and soon changed her name from Araminta to Harriet. Not much is known about him or their union but the marriage was complicated due to her slave status. A ma