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Rachel Ross? (Ross)

Birthdate:
Death: 1859 (33-34)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Benjamin Ross and Harriet Ross
Mother of Angerine Ross? and Benjamin Ross?
Sister of Linah Ross; Mariah Ritty Ross; Soph Ross; John Stewart (Robert Ross); Harriet Tubman and 3 others

Occupation: slave
Managed by: Linda Kathleen Thompson, (c)
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About Rachel Ross?

Rachel Ross was one of the sisters of Harriet Tubman. In November 1860, Tubman conducted her last rescue mission. Throughout the 1850s, Tubman had been unable to effect the escape of her sister, Rachel, and Rachel's two children, Ben and Angerine. Upon returning to Dorchester County, Tubman discovered that Rachel had died, and the children could only be rescued if she could pay a US$30 bribe. She had no money, so the children remained enslaved. Their fates remain unknown.

Sources

  1. Larson, Kate C. Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero. New York: Ballantine, 2004. Print.
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