Harriet Tubman had very many impressive achievements. She was born in Dorchester county‚ Maryland in 1822‚ and was give. The name minty. After the Atlantic slave trade ended in 1808‚ great pressure was put on May lands Eastern Shore to provide slaves for the cotton fields in the Deep South. "Minty" then chose her mothers name which was Harriet and her husbands last name which was Tubman. When her master died‚ she made a decision that could change her life forever. "I had reasoned this out in my mind;
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Harriet Tubman served her life toward slavery and as a honorable women in history. She was born in Dorchester‚ Maryland in 1820. Harriet’s mother was Harriet Green and her father was Ben Ross. Harriet took many chances throughout history to help slaves escape as a symbol of bravery. Harriet Tubman was known as a conductor of the Underground Railroad. She helped many slave in the North and she never lost a passenger. Throughout time she made a total of nineteen trips. She traveled at night and rest
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Harriet Tubman was a phenomenal woman. She helped many slaves escape to freedom via the Underground Railroad. She became prominent as a “conductor” of the Underground Railroad during the merciless 1850s. She helped in many ways: Being a liberator of the slaves‚ being a spy‚ and a nurse in the civil war‚ and an Abolitionist. During her time as a slave‚ she was against slavery. She defended a fellow field hand from getting hit with a two pound weight. Even when she was hit in the head with
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thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.” this means that harriet tubman could have freed a lot more if only they would have had the courage to leave. Harriet tubman impacted the citizens of the United States of America because She was known for freeing slaves and she was an “moses”to her people she saved money to make 19 daring journeys back to the south to free slaves and she also served the union army. Harriet tubman was born in 1820 she was born into slavery she was born in Bucktown
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Harriet Tubman is a great example of an extraordinary women in women history because of her actions that have affected our present lives. She served in the Underground Railroads during the 1850’s. But not many know how she escaped slavery around 1849 and she also helped the Union during the Civil War. To them she helped cooked‚ was a nurse‚ she helped spy for the Union‚ and she was the first women to lead a military expedition. She and Colonel James Montgomery planned a raid to free the slaves in
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know Harriet Tubman escaped slavery 19 times without getting caught? Harriet (whose real name was Araminta Ross) escaped slavery so she can be an abolitionist before the American Civil War. Harriet was not just known for rescuing slaves either. She was also a nurse in the Union army‚ a cook‚ scout‚ and a spy. Harriet got married to a free black man in 1844. His name was John Tubman but then Harriet left him in 1849 or 1851(according to 2 resources) in fear of being sold. Harriet escaped
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Harriet Tubman Outs Andrew Jackson in Change for a $20 By Jackie Calmes. According to Jackie Calmes; The Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew announced the most sweeping and historically symbolic makeover of American currency of the century. He proposed to replace the slaveholding Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with Harriet Tubman. Mr. Lew also proposed adding women and civil rights leaders to the $5‚ and the $10 note as well. Harriet Tubman was a bondwoman who escaped from the south to become
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The excerpt from Harriet Tubman- Conductor of the Underground Railroad by Ann Petry tells about the time Harriet Tubman escorted eleven slaves to Canada. To be a successful conductor on the Underground Railway‚ Harriet Tubman had to be brave‚ selfless‚ and determined. First of all‚ Harriet Tubman was very brave by trying to get all eleven slaves to freedom. Harriet Tubman demonstrated bravery because she had no fear. Harriet Tubman had once made it to Canada and decided to go back to become a conductor
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Here are the simlilarities and differences of the lives of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony. Susan B. Anthony had a better life growing up than Harriet Tubman. Susan B. Anthony was born in 1820 in a small town in western Massechusets. Also was the daughter of a principled and plain Quaker father‚ and a loving‚ committed‚ withdrawn mother. Her childhood was spent in the midst of her mother’s unending domestic chores‚ and her brief limited education was designed to cultivate in
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Character Sketch Harriet Tubman is an old‚ African American‚ runaway slave. This was a woman that was very brave and fought for her rights/freedom. She just didn’t want freedom for herself; she wanted it for all African Americans. I would also have to say that she was a very smart woman. I say that because she carried a gun around with her‚ so if any of the other runaways wanted to go back she would threaten them with the gun because she knew that the masters would end up finding Harriet and the others
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