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    born as a slaveBorn a slave‚ Harriet Tubman iscan be defined as a self-liberated abolitionist who is hthat is honored for saving hundreds of slaves and helping them reach freedom. Harriet Tubman struggled through her early years working as a slave for plantation owners. Harriet wapossessed ves very little worth to anyone‚ she never got the respect or companionship that which a person needs. She faced discrimination‚ racism‚ and torture from all of her owners. Harriet Tuman dealt with Overcoming various

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    Estimated around 1820‚ Harriet Tubman was born to slave parents on a plantation in Dorchester County‚ Maryland. She began protecting others at a very young age; she was struck on her head while she was protecting another slave from punishment when she was just thirteen years old. As an adult‚ Tubman escaped to the North from her master and continued to come back to the south and aid others through the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman was the most effective conductor in the Underground Railroad

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    Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman displayed the traits of being a hero. She was brave‚ courage’s‚ and made a big change in the black and slave community. Born with an awful disease‚ Harriet Tubman could not read or write. She was born a slave with not much. Yet it was hard to see her heroic characteristics shined right through her. In her early years Harriet served as a spy for the union army during the civil war and was the first women to lead an expedition army. Harriet joined the union army because

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    Harriet Tubman "When I found I had crossed that line‚ I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything; the sun came like gold through the trees‚ and over the fields‚ and I felt like I was in Heaven.” (Harriet Tubman‚ approx. 1820’s-1913). Harriet Tubman quoted this after her first breath of freedom. She was born into slavery in the 1820’s‚ so it is chilling to hear her description of what that meant to her. I asked myself‚ “Would I risk that glory

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    Harriet Tubman Summary of Harriet Tubman: “Some linked her to Joan of Arc for her charisma and simple faith. She had a dream and visions‚ and extraordinary things happened to her. She led a charmed life through incredible dangers” (http://www.harriettubman.com/callhermoses.html). Harriet Ross Tubman was born in the Bucktown district of Dorchester County‚ Maryland. As an illiterate slave she escaped to freedom in 1849. “For the next 11 years she returned to the South 19 times to lead more than

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    Harriet Tubman -Born: Between 1820 and 1825 in Dorchester County‚ Maryland‚ U.S.A. (Birth records were not kept for slaves and Tubman was born as a slave). -Death: March 10th 1913‚ Auburn‚ New-York -Family Ben Ross (father): Ben was released from slavery at the age of forty-five. Harriet Greene (mother): No details. -Childhood: In Dorchester country‚ Tubman was often beaten and whipped by most of her slave owners. As a young child‚ she suffered a terrible head injury while trying

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    Harriet Tubman My paper is on Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman was a very heroic woman who completed thirteen missions to free black slaves using the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman was born with the name Araminta "Minty" Ross to slave parents‚ Harriet Rit Green and Ben Ross. Harriet Tubman was born in Dorchester County‚ Maryland. There is no accurate account of Harriet Tubman’s birthday. Harriet only had a general knowledge that she was born in between the years of 1815 to 1825. Harriet Tubman

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    Harriet Tubman By Blake Snider December 5‚ 2010 Professor J Arrieta Seminar Critical Inquiry Harriet Tubman is a woman of faith and dignity who saved many African American men and women through courage and love for God. One would ponder what would drive someone to bring upon pain and suffering to one’s self just to help others. Harriet Tubman was an African American women that took upon many roles during her time just as abolitionist‚ humanitarian‚ and a Union

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    Harriet Tubman 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

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    Harriet Tubman Harriet Ross Tubman (1820-1913) is best known for her involvement in the Underground Railroad. She was also an abolitionist‚ Civil War spy and nurse‚ suffragist‚ and humanitarian. After she escaped from slavery in 1849‚ she dedicated her life to fighting for freedom and equality. Harriet freed over 300 blacks from slavery in the South‚ to freedom in the North. For her heroic efforts‚ she received the biblical name “Moses.” This name came from the bible story in Exodus where

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