Harriet Tubman, known as the Underground Railroad's top conductor, was born a slave in Dorchester County Maryland around 1820. Harriet Tubman was born Araminta Ross, but later changed her name. her name in Harriet; after his mother (Landau; 66). Like most child slaves, Harriet Tubman began working at an early age and was often beaten for being a so-called “devious” child. She stopped her devious ways when she discovered that if her ways continued, she would be sold to another plantation. She was too young to get by and knew full well that once sold she would never be able to see her family again. She would be forced to do whatever her new masters told her to do and if she didn't do right by them too, she would most likely be killed. A few years later, in her early teens, Harriet was hit with a two-pound weight. weight that hurt her on the side of her head. Her overseer had picked it up trying to throw it to a runaway slave and accidentally pinned Harriet instead. He never fully recovered and remained in a coma for quite some time (Landau; 66). Her mother nursed her every day and prayed every second she could for Harriet to recover from the accident. After waking up from a coma, Harriet said she would occasionally have "visions." With those visions he could strangely tell that something wrong was about to happen. She also used these visions to her advantage. Before she was sold, she often pretended to faint to save herself. She had to resort to extreme measures when a plantation owner came to examine her in order to make her an offer, but he quickly changed his mind when he found her talking to God. She asked God what he could do to avoid being sold and he asked her he said: “Talk to me… by paper… for money to be able to make the trip But she was rejected by them because they didn't have the amount. She then said she would sit on a chair outside their office because she knew God never makes mistakes and if he told her he would get her money as long as she went to their office as she left the room to sit on a chair outside their office she began to feel tired and fell asleep. When he woke up he found a pile of money in his lap. There was a lady in the room who had seen everything and had told Harriet that there had been some rich people who had come in, not knowing what had brought them there, and had listened to her story. After knowing why Harriet was there, they would take out their wallets and drop a large sum of money in her lap. He proceeded to go south in search of his parents. After finding her parents, she made it to the north.