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Harriet Tubman: Masters
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Tubman was beaten for this attempted escape, but it was not her last. Tubman's childhood memories, like those of many other slaves, included numerous beatings by her white masters for various infractions (Lunardini 67). Tubman was known to put on a thick layer of clothing to protect herself from morning beatings. One beating left Tubman permanently impaired. At ten years of age, Tubman witnessed a foiled escape attempt by a fellow slave. She refused to tie the slave up, and, as a result, he freed himself and escaped successfully ("The Harriet Tubman Page" 1).
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Having married a free man, Harriet thought of nothing but to one day be free herself. Interestingly, they should never have enslaved Harriet. One day, determined to trace her roots, she hired a lawyer at the cost of five dollars to trace the will of her mother's first master. In doing so, a will was found that gave her mother, Harriet Green, to an heir named Mary Patterson. The will provided that Ms. Green was to serve Mary Patterson until Patterson was forty-five years old. However, Patterson died before reaching this age, and was unmarried.
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Because her rescue missions were fraught with danger, Tubman demanded strict obedience from her fugitives. A slave who returned to his master would likely be forced to reveal information that would compromise her mission. If a slave wanted to quit in the midst of a rescue, Tubman would hold a revolver to his head and ask him to reconsider.
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