The Effects of a Traumatic Brain Injury on Harriet Tubman

Tubman was unable to control the after effects of this intury. Sometimes it was almost impossible to rouse her. Her episodes of dropping off to sleep in the midst of conversation or while performing a task, were frequent and unsettling. The freedman's record reported in 18 65 that the injury still makes her very lethargic. She cannot remain quiet 15 minutes without appearing to fall asleep. It not a refreshing slumber, but a heavy, weary condition which exhausts her. When we get to the reason perspective, we'll have more to say about what may have been going on medically as a result of the injury.