Harriet Tubman was a bondwoman who escaped from the south to become an abolitionist. She helped freed hundreds of slaves through the Underground Railroad during the 1800s. Tubman has always been an icon in American History due to all her courage on leading those who were afraid to finally leave.…
Harriet Tubman (Araminta Harriet Ross), also known as “Moses” of her time, was a phenomenal African-American abolitionist who broke seemingly impeccable odds and escaped the south from slavery, in the year of 1849. She would become well-known for her aggressive tactics in conducting many slaves to freedom during what is known today as, the American Civil War Era. Her ambitious attitude and robust air left many in awe as she led more than nineteen missions to rescue more than 300 slaves using the Underground Railroad (a system of antislavery protesters and safe houses).…
I couldn’t believe that Harriet Tubman worked as a spy while she was a African American female. She also worked as nurse for the Union army. I was surprised to learn that the Harriet Tubman isn’t Harriet’s birth name. It’s Araminta Ross. I learned that Harriet Tubman freed herself from slavery and did the same to hundreds of other slaves. She suffered from a traumatic head-injury after standing up for a field hand. Although the injury caused seizures and headaches, it was also said to give vivid dreams that helped guide her journeys along the Underground…
First of all Harriet Tubman was a wonderful woman who when anybody started to change there mind she kept them up. She grew up as a slave on a plantation but she escaped.…
Harriet Tubman was a person that would do anything to reach her goal and dreams and that’s why she risked her life. She risked her life many times for the sake of others. She also risked her life because there was a $40,000 dollar for her capture, which in that time was a lot of money which meant that there would be lots of people trying to hunt her down, but that didn’t stop her. My last example of how she risked her life is that she worked as a spy for the union and if she was discovered she probably would have been killed. These are some ways that Harriet Tubman risked her life.…
Harriet Tubman’s courage helped her escape because she was less afraid. This made her determined to get to the north. Her courage also helped her be brave enough to save other slaves. She knew that she had to save other slaves.…
1. At the age of 5, she worked to check muskrat traps in icy cold waters.…
ten-year span she made 19 trips and freed over three hundred slaves. Also, in all of…
Harriet tubman accomplishments such as Underground Railroad ,caring for poor people in her home and Civil War nursing. Harriet tubman greatest achievement however was the Combahee River raid because in one single night, June 2,1863 she rescued 800 hundred slaves.…
Harriet Tubman is a remarkable woman, who helped those who could not help themselves. She contributed an incredible amount , which shaped our known world today for. Harriet Tubman started as a slave with nothing, but persevered on. With her own durability she became a free woman. Being free was not enough for Harriet, she assisted many in escaping their plantations. Harriet Tubman is not honored enough for her contributions to society, whether for being strong enough to escape by herself, or to return back to places where her worst memories occurred in order to save…
There is no doubt that Harriet Tubman had courage because after escaping from slavery, she went back multiple times to bring hundreds more to freedom. Harriet Tubman also demonstrated focus because it’s not like she can just go casually to the southern states. If she was caught, she would face jail time, or even…
Harriett Tubman had rescued many enslaved people after she had escaped from slavery herself in 1849. Two of Harriett's brothers Harry and Ben had escaped with Harriet, but later returned because they were scared of getting…
Originally named Araminta, or "Minty," Harriet Tubman was born in early 1819 or 1820 on the plantation of Anthony Thompson, south of Madison in Dorchester County, Maryland. Tubman was the fifth of nine children of Harriet "Rit" Green and Benjamin Ross, both slaves. Edward Brodas, the stepson of Anthony Thompson, claimed ownership of Rit and her children through his mother Mary Pattison Brodas Thompson. Ben Ross, the slave of Anthony Thompson, was a timber inspector who supervised and managed a vast timbering operation on Thompson's land. The Ross's relatively stable family life on Thompson's plantation came to abrupt end sometime in late 1823 or early 1824 when Edward Brodas took Rit and her then five children, including Tubman, to his own farm in Bucktown, a small agricultural village ten miles to the east. Brodas often hired Tubman out to temporary masters, some who were cruel and negligent, while selling other members of her family illegally to out of state buyers, permanently fracturing her family (http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/0history/hwny-tubman.html).…
Since the beginning, heroic leaders are well recognized in society for their distinctive qualities, but as time progressed, the standards for heroic qualities become more known for one’s knowledge and willpower rather than their strength. Heroic leaders share common interests of wanting to protect, to inspire, and to bring joy to others. However, some leaders share the flaw of excessive bragging, where every encounter for them would be a chance to comment on how great they are. For instance, Harriet Tubman has taken part in the real-life controversy over slavery by taking action in rescuing over seven hundred slaves towards their path of freedom. Whereas, in the epic, The Odyssey, by Homer, the “heroic” protagonist, King Odysseus guides his…
Araminta Ross later known as Harriet Tubman was born a slave. Since her master needed money, he would rent her out to work for different masters doing housekeeping and childcare but Harriet was not good at this type of work and so she was often beaten and sent back to her original master. She eventually was made to work as a slave in the fields with her father.…