Harriet Tubman‚ an American abolitionist‚ aka the Moses of her people was an escaped slave that worked in the Underground Railroad. She freed around 1000 slaves. On her off time she worked as a humanitarian. Harriet Tubman was born in Dorchester County in 1820. She deceased in Auburn‚ NY on March 10‚ 1913. The birth name of Harriet Tubman was Araminta Ross. She was also nicknamed Misty and Moses. Harriet Tubman was married to two husbands‚ not at the same time however. Their names were John
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not have one‚ I would have the other; for no man should take me alive; I should fight for my liberty as long as my strength lasted‚ and when the time came for me to go‚ the Lord would let them take me”. The brave women who said these words were Harriet Tubman and she was one of the leaders of the Underground Railroad that helped slaves reach freedom. “Although not an actual railroad of steel rails‚ locomotives and steam engines‚ the Underground Railroad was real nevertheless” (encyclopedia The Civil
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Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad I am sure everyone has heard about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad at least once in their life; most people have learned about it in elementary or middle school. When I first learned about it‚ I always thought it was an actual railroad that was underground. Eventually‚ I learned that that was not true; it was just a metaphor. “It was symbolically underground as the network’s clandestine activities were secret and illegal so they had to remain
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because everyone was not free. Three important nineteenth-century abolitionists (Sojourner Truth‚ Harriet Tubman‚ and David Walker) shared the common vision of freeing African Americans from slavery and oppression; the influences and methods of these three figures differed widely. Sojourner Truth was a religious African-American evangelist‚ reformer‚ and an abolitionist who set
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Harriet Tubman -Born a slave A lifeline for slaves!Harriet Tubman was born a slave on a plantation in Maryland in 1820 or 1821.Her birth name was was Araminta Ross. Harriet Tubman was a very important person in the history of slavery.Born a slave herself‚She became a “conductor”of the Underground Railroad and succeeded in leading other slaves to freedom. Life as a slave was difficult.Harriet worked a number of jobs on the plantation. Jobs such as plowing fields and leading produce into wagons
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A girl named Harriet Tubman had the greatest achievement of saving hundreds of slaves lives. Harriet Tubman was 27 years old when she escaped slavery herself. Also‚ she was born in the border state of Dorchester County‚ Maryland in 1805. But Harriet’s husband died in 1849 and she made a big decision and was a hero to her people. Harriet Tubman was a conductor on the underground railroad‚ civil war spy‚ a nurse‚ and caregiver with her greatest achievement being a civil war spy because she saved 800
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Civil War Project Harriet Tubman’s official birth name was Araminta Harriet Ross. She was born in 1820 in Bucktown‚ Md. Tubman had 11 other siblings‚ all of them belonging to a slave couple.Harriet started working at seven years old‚ doing housework‚ and when she got older‚ she became a field hand. She had physical violence in her daily life. Many of the violence she suffered was permanent physical injuries. She was struck on the head by a slave overseer. After the blow‚ she kept on falling asleep
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As many people know‚ Harriet Tubman was one of the most widely known leaders of The Underground Railroad. In her time working on The Underground Railroad‚ Harriet rescued over 300 slaves‚ making her an extraordinary heroine. Harriet was lucky to have a small amount of family members on the same plantation as her. She was a hard worker until she had a brick thrown at her head by a slave overseer when she was a young girl. When Harriet was older‚ she was allowed to work for pay on another plantation
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varying racial backgrounds provided food and shelter for the runaway slaves. These brave people were known as "conductors". While the underground railroad had many conductors‚ perhaps the most well-known and influential was African-American woman Harriet Tubman‚ who used her diverse culture not as a crutch‚ but as an instrument of leadership. Throughout her life‚ this inspirational woman challenged stereotypes of race‚ gender‚ and social class.
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Harriet Tubman‚ who’s birth name was Araminta Ross‚ was born near Bucktown in Dorchester County‚ Maryland. Unfortunately‚ Tubman was born into slavery and many of her documents were not able to be saved. When Harriet‚ Araminta at the time‚ was born‚ she was nicknamed “Minty” for her real name. Absolutely nobody knows what year Harriet was born. Harriet was a tough woman‚ surviving through the most difficult obstacles that could come upon her. Being born into slavery‚ her life began hard and did not
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