giotto22
As a child, Tubman was told she was of Ashanti heritage; her maternal grandmother, Modesty, arrived on a slave ship from Africa.
Harriet Tubman
Tubman's family and ancestry
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crazyman2
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Not much is known about Tubman's ancestry. Tubman's mother, Rit, resisted her owner's efforts to tear apart the family; she even confronted the man when he attempted to sell her son, and forced him to back down.