My hand drawn rendering of Harriet Tubman, (Born Araminta Ross) was an American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery. By age five, Tubman’s owners rented her out to neighbors as a domestic servant. Early signs of her resistance to slavery and its abuses came at age twelve when she intervened to keep her master from beating an enslaved man who tried to escape. She was hit in the head with a two-pound weight, leaving her with a lifetime of severe headaches and narcolepsy. Tubman escaped and subsequently made missions to rescue enslaved people, including family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. Although slaves were not legally allowed to marry, Tubman entered a marital union with John Tubman, a free black man, in 1844. She took his name and dubbed herself Harriet. Tubman helped many of these individuals find food, shelter, and even jobs in the North. She established the Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged on land near her home. Tubman died in 1913 and was buried with military honors at Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn, New York.