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).…
Both Harriet Tubman and Abraham Lincoln helped many people escape from slavery, but in different ways. After being freed from slavery, Tubman snuck out over 300 slaves, including…
secondly Harriet was a hero to other slaves for coming up to the cabins late at night singing a song so they would come out and she will take them to a safe place.…
“I freed a thousand slaves i could have freed a 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 was born and raised a slave on a Maryland Plantation. In 1849 she escaped to the northern states and did her best to help others escape to the better states. She made dangerous trips back and forth to the south to led slaves to safety. Tubman led over 300 slaves to freedom which included her parents. She had strict rules such as if slaves wanted to escape there was no turning back or fooling around. She knew the exact routes to take to get to the south and never was caught (Heinrichs 36-37). She was a hero and took on a great amount of responsibility other slaves that escaped without her help had their own problems to face on their own. She was extremely brave for traveling with so many slaves because she could be caught at any time while on the go. Her human desire to be free is admirable because she never quit and fought to keep on going when she knew it was risky (Horton…
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.…
Harriet Tubman expressed these themes with her dedication and encouragement. She was the strength and spirit of the Underground Railroad since she guided slaves to Canada. As a result of her guidance, she helped free three hundred people in her career. Saving these people shows…
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 widely known for her role as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. She is the most well known conductor (Earhart and “Underground Railroad 1”). At one point in her life she was wanted for $40,000 (“Underground Railroad 2”). Tubman made 19 trips to the south attempting to rescue slaves, and she succeeded by rescuing more than three hundred slaves (Earhart, “Overview – Underground Railroad,” “Underground Railroad 1,” “Underground Railroad 2,” and “Underground Railroad: A Path”). During her travels Harriet was know as Minty, Moses, and General Tubman (“Harriet Tubman 2” and…
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…
Harriet Tubman’s extraordinary accomplishment was conducting the underground railroad. In the biography Tubman reading it says that ”she was able to avoid bounty hunters that were seeking a reward of up to forty thousand dollars for her capture.” In other words she was able to travel back and forth between routes without getting captured. That is when her code name “Moses” was keeping her safe because the bounty hunters only knew her by Harriet Tubman. Document b asserted that “she made trips over a ten year period.” Surprisingly Harriet has been conducting the underground railroad for over ten year. This…
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…
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.…
Your heart is beating hard and fast. So quickly that your footsteps lag behind it, so strong that it pounds in your head. The hunters might even hear it, but with all the adrenaline, the thought stays in the back of your mind. You are a slave. Your master just died. You’re running. This is exactly what happened to Harriet Tubman, most known for being a conductor (a.k.a. escort who journeyed with fugitives) on the Underground Railroad (a network of people and safe houses to get runaways to Canada/freedom). However, she didn’t just materialize like that. She was born as Araminta Ross around 1822 in Dorchester Co., Maryland, to a life destined to slavery. When she was 22 years old, she married her first husband and changed her name to Harriet Tubman. When her master died 5 years later, she decided to flee to the North. The years afterward were spent carrying out various tasks to help abolish the inhumane practice. Among these, which of her accomplishments took the most risk, time, impact, and save the most people: being a nurse, spy, caregiver, or conductor?…