Harriet Tubman was born a slave in Dorchester County, Maryland. As a slave, she had many hard labor jobs: plowing fields, loading produce into wagons, hauling logs, and driving oxen. Harriet was only five feet two inches tall, but she was a very brave woman. She could not able to read or write, but she risked her life and freedom to help others. Harriet led nineteen different escapes from the south to help 300+ people find their freedom. Harriet Tubman was never caught and never lost a slave.