Melanise Otis
Research Paper
November 30th, 2015
Professor Kelley
Harriet Tubman
Who was Harriet Tubman and what were her accomplishments? Harriet Tubman was an African-American abolitionist and humanitarian. During the American Civil War, she served as a nurse and a Union spy. Born a slave on Maryland’s eastern shore, in Dorchester County. She was born to enslave parents and her original name was Araminta Harriet Ross. Her mother, Harriet “Rit” Green, was owned by Mary Pattison Brodes and her father was owned by Anthony Thompson, who later married Mary Brodes. Araminta also named “Minty” was one of nine children born to her parents between 1808 and 1832. Harriet’s life was tough growing up. At the age of 5 she began to work as a house servant. …show more content…
She became conversant with with Frederick Douglass and John Brown, a white man who became a conductor of the Underground Railroad establishing the League of Gileadites, an organization established to help runaway slaves escape to Canada. Around 1859 an abolitionist named Senator William H. Seward, sold Harriet Tubman a piece of land on the periphery of Auburn, New York. The acreage became a safe haven for Harriet’s family and friends. She spent years following the war on this property, caring for her family and others who she allowed residency. “Tubman conducted her last rescue mission in November 1861, as the Civil War enveloped the nation.” (Civil …show more content…
Around 1874, Harriet and her husband Nelson, embraced a baby girl named Gertie. Despite Harriet’s fame and name, she was never financially secure. Tubman’s friends and supporters were able to raise some funds to support her. One admirer, Sarah H. Bradford, wrote a story entitled Scenes within the lifetime of Tubman, with the takings attending to abolitionist and her family. Harriet continued to relinquish freely in spite of her economic woes. In 1903, she given a parcel of her land to the African Methodist Episcopal Church in achromatic. The Tubman Home for the Aged opened on this web site in
Research Paper
November 30th, 2015
Professor Kelley
Harriet Tubman
Who was Harriet Tubman and what were her accomplishments? Harriet Tubman was an African-American abolitionist and humanitarian. During the American Civil War, she served as a nurse and a Union spy. Born a slave on Maryland’s eastern shore, in Dorchester County. She was born to enslave parents and her original name was Araminta Harriet Ross. Her mother, Harriet “Rit” Green, was owned by Mary Pattison Brodes and her father was owned by Anthony Thompson, who later married Mary Brodes. Araminta also named “Minty” was one of nine children born to her parents between 1808 and 1832. Harriet’s life was tough growing up. At the age of 5 she began to work as a house servant. …show more content…
She became conversant with with Frederick Douglass and John Brown, a white man who became a conductor of the Underground Railroad establishing the League of Gileadites, an organization established to help runaway slaves escape to Canada. Around 1859 an abolitionist named Senator William H. Seward, sold Harriet Tubman a piece of land on the periphery of Auburn, New York. The acreage became a safe haven for Harriet’s family and friends. She spent years following the war on this property, caring for her family and others who she allowed residency. “Tubman conducted her last rescue mission in November 1861, as the Civil War enveloped the nation.” (Civil …show more content…
Around 1874, Harriet and her husband Nelson, embraced a baby girl named Gertie. Despite Harriet’s fame and name, she was never financially secure. Tubman’s friends and supporters were able to raise some funds to support her. One admirer, Sarah H. Bradford, wrote a story entitled Scenes within the lifetime of Tubman, with the takings attending to abolitionist and her family. Harriet continued to relinquish freely in spite of her economic woes. In 1903, she given a parcel of her land to the African Methodist Episcopal Church in achromatic. The Tubman Home for the Aged opened on this web site in