Harriet Tubman - Documents, Newspapers, Books This collection has 2,125 pages of material. Harriet Tubman was born into slavery as Araminta Ross, born between 1822 and 1824 and died on March 10, 1913. She was most famous for missions leading African American slaves to freedom. She was also a Civil War scout, spy, and nurse. After the Civil War she was a suffragist and civil rights activist. Tubman rebelled against forced servitude from her early years, running away as early as age seven. At fift