【美国人物志】 哈莉特·塔布曼（3/9）

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哈莉特·塔布曼（Harriet Tubman １８２２年?－１９１３年３月１０日）是美国废奴主义者，杰出的黑人废奴主义运动家。她本人就是一个逃跑的奴隶，帮助许多黑奴逃亡，被称为“黑摩西”或“摩西祖母”。美国废奴主义运动的领袖约翰·布朗称她为“塔布曼将军”。
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When Harriet was six years old, the Brodas family sent her to work for another family who lived near their farm. While there, Harriet was infected with the disease measles. Even though she was sick, she was forced to place and remove animal traps in an icy river. She was sent home when she became dangerously ill. Harriet's mother took very good care of her. The child survived. Then she was sent to work in the Brodas's house. Her owners never gave her enough to eat. One day she was working in the kitchen. She was looking at a piece of sugar in a silver container when Mrs. Brodas saw her. Harriet ran away in fear. She was caught and beaten very severely. Her owners decided that Harriet never would make a good worker in the house. She was sent to the fields.