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Why couldn’t Harriet Tubman and the salves sleep during the day

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An overseer throws a two-pound weight at another slave but hits Tubman's head. She barely survives the devastating injury and experiences headaches for the remainder of her life. It's possible this injury led to her suffering from temporal lobe epilepsy, which could explain her visions and sleeping spells.

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