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Harriet Tubman helped save over three hundred men and women, who were slaves, get to freedom by traveling through the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman was an extremely important person who risked her life for countless people. She traveled in all sorts of harsh conditions just to bring those she loved, and plenty more, to freedom. Harriet Tubman was a very important progressive woman who changed our society greatly by standing up for what's right, helping others when she didn’t need to, and her outstanding bravery. Harriet Tubman was an amazing woman who inspired numerous people in her lifetime. First off, Harriet was born around the 1820’s; no one really knows the exact date for sure because she was born into slavery. …show more content…
She had a great deal of compelling career accomplishments in her life. For example, she made many horrendous journeys, and saved more than three hundred slaves in her lifetime. Harriet Tubman traveled the Underground Railroad, which was a way to travel to the north using secret paths and safe houses. It was very hard sometimes because slave catchers were out in the middle of the night trying to catch runaway slaves like Harriet and the people she brought with her. Another interesting career accomplishment would be that Harriet Tubman was a part of the union. She was a military leader and also she was a spy. In the military she served under Colonel James Montgomery along the Combahee River in South Carolina. They set fire to buildings and tore down bridges, freeing many slaves from rice plantations. Harriet Tubman was married, but never had any children. At age twenty-four Harriet had an arranged marriage by her slave master. She was married to a man named John Tubman. She didn’t want any children because they would become slaves when they were older. Harriet Tubman had a few major accomplishments in her life. She was honored by Queen Victoria of England with a silver medal and shawl. She could not retrieve her medal and shawl because she was too old, therefore it was brought to her by a carrier. After the war, Harriet Tubman resided in a small town called Auburn, New York where she continued to fight for women's rights. Sadly, Harriet Tubman passed away on March 10th, 1913. Harriet Tubman was a very interesting woman, because of all the amazing things she accomplished in her
Harriet Tubman helped save over three hundred men and women, who were slaves, get to freedom by traveling through the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman was an extremely important person who risked her life for countless people. She traveled in all sorts of harsh conditions just to bring those she loved, and plenty more, to freedom. Harriet Tubman was a very important progressive woman who changed our society greatly by standing up for what's right, helping others when she didn’t need to, and her outstanding bravery. Harriet Tubman was an amazing woman who inspired numerous people in her lifetime. First off, Harriet was born around the 1820’s; no one really knows the exact date for sure because she was born into slavery. …show more content…
She had a great deal of compelling career accomplishments in her life. For example, she made many horrendous journeys, and saved more than three hundred slaves in her lifetime. Harriet Tubman traveled the Underground Railroad, which was a way to travel to the north using secret paths and safe houses. It was very hard sometimes because slave catchers were out in the middle of the night trying to catch runaway slaves like Harriet and the people she brought with her. Another interesting career accomplishment would be that Harriet Tubman was a part of the union. She was a military leader and also she was a spy. In the military she served under Colonel James Montgomery along the Combahee River in South Carolina. They set fire to buildings and tore down bridges, freeing many slaves from rice plantations. Harriet Tubman was married, but never had any children. At age twenty-four Harriet had an arranged marriage by her slave master. She was married to a man named John Tubman. She didn’t want any children because they would become slaves when they were older. Harriet Tubman had a few major accomplishments in her life. She was honored by Queen Victoria of England with a silver medal and shawl. She could not retrieve her medal and shawl because she was too old, therefore it was brought to her by a carrier. After the war, Harriet Tubman resided in a small town called Auburn, New York where she continued to fight for women's rights. Sadly, Harriet Tubman passed away on March 10th, 1913. Harriet Tubman was a very interesting woman, because of all the amazing things she accomplished in her