A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman by David A Adler illustrated by Samuel Byrd
Harriet Tubman was born in 1820 or 1821 on a large plan tation in Dorchester County Maryland Although the plantation had a big house with many rooms and fine furniture Harriet was born in a small one room log hut far behind the big house The hut she was born in had a dirt floor no windows and no furniture
Harriet was the sixth of eleven children Her father Benjamin Ross and her mother Harriet Green were both slaves They were owned by Edward Brodas He owned Harriet Tubman too
