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    of America became a union through sacrifice and freedom. Prior to the Civil War‚ most slaves in the South risked their lives for freedom. Harriet Tubman‚ along with Thomas Garrett and Frederick Douglass‚ were all important figures in the Underground Railroad. Their heroic deeds illustrated the themes that made their country unite. As a conductor‚ Tubman led more runaways to the promised land. Her motto was‚ “We got to go free or die. And freedom’s not bought with dust.” She lived by this phrase

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    capable words; She got away servitude‚ guided many slaves to opportunity‚ was and still is an understood Civil Rights activists‚ turned into a main abolitionist‚ dealt with elderly individuals‚ and originator of the Underground Railroad: Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman got away remorseless in 1849 and after that came to fruition with the Underground Railroad where she helped slaves getaway to Pennsylvania in 1850 and that finished in 1858 she inhabited for a long time it’s recorded that Helping individuals

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    Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman was an African american abolitionist woman who freed slaves and guided them through the Underground Railroad. Harriet is a brave individual who was a escaped slave that freed other slaves. She was courageous for being able to guide them by herself. First of all‚ Harriet was mistreated most of her life as a slave‚ but she wasn’t always a slave she escaped slavery in 1849 and she was brave enough to go back and free other slaves. Harriet was Quick and quiet when she would

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    Today I wanted to talk about a woman who is very heroic and changed the lives of many slaves‚ a woman named Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman was a woman who is famous for her hard work as an abolitionist and being the conductor of the Underground Railroad during the turbulent 1850’s. She helped many other slaves like herself escape to freedom. Harriet was a strong woman who was filled with determination‚strength‚passion‚ and patience. She was a true hero who wanted to serve people and she was extremely

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    describe the obstacles she overcame‚ and who supported her in her cause of being free. Harriet Tubman was an African-American abolitionist‚ humanitarian‚ and Union spy during the American Civil War. Her biggest accomplishment was her escape to freedom‚ and not only did she free herself‚ but also others. She was the most famous "conductor" of the Underground Railroad. Throughout a 10-year span‚ Tubman made more than 20 trips down to the South and led over 300 slaves from bondage to freedom. Perhaps

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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 and Secret Passage Your Name School Date Class Professor Harriet Tubman was born around 1820 in Maryland as a slave. She started working at the early age of five as a house servant. Tubman made her way to the work field at the early at of twelve. Tubman spent the next years working in the fields‚ until one night she decided to follow the North Star to free lands. Harriet Tubman goal was help free as many slave as she could. Tubman became a part of the Underground Railroad

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    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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    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 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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