Harriet Tubman So today I am going to tell you about Harriet Tubman. harriet tubman was born a slave in Maryland’s Dorchester County around 1820 no one really knows the exact date she was born. At the age of five or six‚she began to work as a house servant. Seven years later she was sent to work in the fields. While she was still in her early teens‚ she suffered an injury that would follow her for the rest of her life. Always ready to stand up for someone else‚ Harriet bloocked a doorway
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Works Cited Larson‚ Kate Clifford. Harriet Tubman. Bound for the Promised Land. 2005. Net‚ New York History. The Life of Harriet Tubman. 1996. www.nyhistory.com/harriettubman/life.htm (accessed November 26‚ 2011). Amy Davenport David Kiracofe “Harriet Tubman” Harriet Tubman was born into slavery on a plantation in Dorchester‚ Maryland. Tubman is one of the most well-known and bravest African-American women in history. She gained international acclaim as an Underground Railroad operator
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was so strongly embraced by Harriet Tubman that she was willing to risk her life to free fugitives from slavery. Harriet Tubman also elicited the help of Thomas Garrett to assist her in freeing the slaves. Harriet used stories of people such as Ellen Craft to encourage the fugitives to fight for their freedom. As a result of the brave actions of these courageous people‚ hundreds of slaves were brought to freedom through the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman was an escaped slave who strongly
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Gracie Grecco 4/11/14 6th period Harriet Tubman’s Great Achievements Harriet Tubman was a hero that completed many brave and selfless acts. She was born in Maryland in 1822 and by the age of 5‚ she was already working. She got married in 1844‚ to a free black man‚ but she was still a slave. Finally‚ in 1849‚ her master died and she decided to escape. That is when her great achievements began. Her first great achievement was operating the Underground Railroad. Her journeys to grant other slaves
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Harriet Tubman: Harriet Tubman became famous as a performer on the Underground Railroad during the stormy 1850s. She was born a slave on Maryland’s eastern coast‚ she withstood the harsh life of a field hand‚ including ruthless beatings. In 1849 she fled slavery‚ leaving her husband and family behind in order to escape. Harriet Tubman’s birth name was Araminta Ross. Tubman’s conflict to slavery did not end with the outbreak of the Civil War. Her services as nurse‚ scout‚ and spy were asked by the
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adults with nowhere to go. Harriet Tubman was the conductor of the Underground Railroad. During a ten-year span she made 19 trips and freed over three hundred slaves. Also‚ in all of her trips she has never lost a single passenger. Everyone who attempted to escape through the Underground Railroad succeeded. Harriet Tubman was the most well known conductor of the Underground Railroad. By 1856‚ the reward for the capture of Harriet Tubman was up to $40‚000. Harriet Tubman was a very important person
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Harriet Tubman: One of the most influential and essential woman of the civil war era. Not only was she a conductor of the underground railroad‚ but she was a Union spymaster. What is a union spymaster you may ask ? Well a Union spymaster is the leading spy‚ or one of the leading spies of the Union. She demonstrated intelligence that could be considered advanced for the era‚ although espionage could have existed long before the civil war. Along with helping slaves through the underground railroad
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Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman was an African American who helped hundreds of slaves in the southern United States escape to freedom. She became a famous leader of the underground railroad. The underground railroad was a secret system that helped slaves escape to the northern United States or to Canada . Admirers called her Tubman became a conductor on the underground railroad. She carried a gun and promised to use it on anyone who threatened the success of her operation. She was assisted by white
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In the story‚ “Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad”‚ by Ann Petry‚ slaves are going on a journey to be free. The story is mainly about Tubman helping 11 slaves to Canada‚ where they are free. This story also goes to show how there were other helpers along the way. In this essay I will be informing you about some of the people that made the Underground Railroad possible. The main character‚ Harriet Tubman‚ is a free black woman helping slaves get to freedom. In this story though
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“Shh!” Was a common sound to here if you were with Harriet Tubman escaping. Harriet Tubman lived during approximately in the 1800s.That is when there was a lot of harsh slavery in the Southern states of the United States. Harriet grew up having a tough childhood‚ she escaped from slavery and helped others escape. Her story is amazing. Harriet Tubman is one of the most brave women to ever live on Earth. To begin with‚ nobody really knows when Tubman was born. That’s what makes her interesting. She
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