Araminta Ross, the mother of enslaved people and global icon of freedom, was born near Cambridge, Maryland, on the Eastern Shore, in early 1822. She would later become the historical heroine Harriet Tubman .  Two hundred years after her birth, Tubman is acknowledged and respected as one of the most influential freedom fighters in Black history.  Born  into slavery to Harriet Green and Ben Ross and eight siblings, she would eventually be separated from due to the realities of slavery.  John Tubman, a free Black man, married Harriet around 1844, changing her last name to Tubman. Harriet met and worked with other abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass , Thomas Garrett and Martha Coffin Wright and established her Underground Railroad network. Embed from Getty Images She would save over 300 enslaved people throughout her life, personally saving over 70, including family members.  On Mar. 10, 1913, Harriet died and was buried with military honors in Auburn. Last year, she was inducted...