哈丽特·塔布曼

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They called her Moses, and the name fit. 他们叫她摩西，这个名字名副其实。

In the years before the Civil War, 在内战爆发前的几年里，

Harriet Tubman led more than three hundred enslaved people — 哈丽特·塔布曼带领了三百多名奴隶——

including her own parents — 其中包括她自己的父母——

to freedom along the Underground Railroad. 沿着地下铁路走向自由。

She was born into slavery in Maryland around 1820, one of eleven children. 她大约在1820年出生于马里兰州，是十一个孩子中的一个，生来就是奴隶。

Even as a girl, she dreamed of freedom. 即使还是个小女孩，她就梦想着自由。

At fifteen, she stepped into a doorway to shield a fleeing slave, 十五岁时，她站在一个门口，为了保护一个逃跑的奴隶，

and an overseer threw a heavy weight 一个监工扔了一个重物，

that struck her in the head. 击中了她的头部。

She nearly died, and suffered the effects for the rest of her life. 她差点死了，余生都受其影响。

In 1850, she escaped to the North, 1850年，她逃到了北方，

traveling by night through swamps 夜间穿过沼泽地，

so the dogs could not track her. 以免狗追踪到她。

She reached freedom in Philadelphia. 她在费城获得了自由。

She could have simply stayed safe. 她本可以安然无恙地待着。

Instead, she went back — again and again — risking everything to guide others out. 然而，她却一次又一次地回去，冒着一切危险去引导其他人逃离。

During the war, she served as a spy, a cook, and a nurse. 战争期间，她担任了间谍、厨师和护士。

Afterward, she opened a home for the poor and the sick. 之后，她为穷人和病人开办了一个家园。

Harriet Tubman was already free. 哈丽特·塔布曼当时已经自由了。

She kept walking back into danger anyway — 然而，她仍然一次又一次地走向危险——

because freedom, to her, 因为对她而言，自由

meant nothing unless it could be shared. 除非能够分享，否则毫无意义。