Description of Harriet Tubman:
Biography:
Harriet Tubman was born in March 1820 in Dorchester County, Maryland, U.S. As a young girl, Harriet Tubman was raised in terrible conditions, and was whipped constantly. At the age of six, she began to work as a slave. Harriet Tubman was a rebellious young girl, and for that she was whipped plenty of times and traded off to many people. As early as the age of twelve, she realized that being a slave just wasn’t right and this caused her to be seriously injured by a blow to the head which was inflicted by a white overseer for refusing to assist in tying up a man who had attempted escape. Harriet Tubman started her quest to escape slavery in 1849 which was later called “The Underground Railroad”. This railroad freed approximately 300 people to the North. Harriet Tubman died on March 10, 1913 in Auburn, New York at the age of ninety one.
The Quest for Freedom: …show more content…
Harriet Tubman tried to escape slavery twice; the first time she tried to escape slavery was on September 17, 1849 with her brothers, Ben and Henry. Her “master” Eliza Brodess did not recognize that one of her slaves had escaped. Two weeks later, she posted a runaway notice in the Cambridge Democrat, offering a reward of up to one hundred dollars for each slave returned. Once Tubman and her brothers started their journey to freedom her brothers started to have second thoughts, this caused them to turn back forcing Tubman to join them. When they returned, they were whipped severely. Tubman was brave and a few days after she escaped again by
Biography:
Harriet Tubman was born in March 1820 in Dorchester County, Maryland, U.S. As a young girl, Harriet Tubman was raised in terrible conditions, and was whipped constantly. At the age of six, she began to work as a slave. Harriet Tubman was a rebellious young girl, and for that she was whipped plenty of times and traded off to many people. As early as the age of twelve, she realized that being a slave just wasn’t right and this caused her to be seriously injured by a blow to the head which was inflicted by a white overseer for refusing to assist in tying up a man who had attempted escape. Harriet Tubman started her quest to escape slavery in 1849 which was later called “The Underground Railroad”. This railroad freed approximately 300 people to the North. Harriet Tubman died on March 10, 1913 in Auburn, New York at the age of ninety one.
The Quest for Freedom: …show more content…
Harriet Tubman tried to escape slavery twice; the first time she tried to escape slavery was on September 17, 1849 with her brothers, Ben and Henry. Her “master” Eliza Brodess did not recognize that one of her slaves had escaped. Two weeks later, she posted a runaway notice in the Cambridge Democrat, offering a reward of up to one hundred dollars for each slave returned. Once Tubman and her brothers started their journey to freedom her brothers started to have second thoughts, this caused them to turn back forcing Tubman to join them. When they returned, they were whipped severely. Tubman was brave and a few days after she escaped again by