Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 on a farm in Kentucky. He had to work hard and help his family. When he was 9, his mother died. A year later, his father got engaged. Harriet Tubman was born a slave in 1820. She helped over 300 slaves escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad. She was called "Moses" by the slaves she helped. George Washington was born in 1732. He became a soldier and was later elected the first President of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797.