Harriet Tubman was a brave woman who escaped from slavery and helped many others to do the same. She was also a nurse, a spy, and a suffrage activist. Harriet Tubman was born on March 6, 1822.
Thesis statement: She was one of 11 children of Harriet and Benjamin Ross born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland. Harriet Tubman's name at birth was Araminta Ross. As a child, Ross was "hired out" by her master as a nursemaid for a small baby, much like the nursemaid in the picture.
Support thesis: In 1849, on the strength of rumors that she was about to be sold, Tubman fled to Philadelphia leaving behind her husband (who refused to leave), parents, and siblings. In December 1850 she made her way to Baltimore, Maryland, where she led her sister and two children …show more content…
She served as a scout and a nurse, though she received little pay or recognition.
ROSA PARKS
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005).
was an American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement."
Support claim: On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks rejected bus driver James F. Blake's order to vacate a row of four seats in the "colored" section in favor of a white passenger, once the "white" section was filled. Parks was not the first person to resist bus segregation, but the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) believed that she was the best candidate for seeing through a court challenge after her arrest for civil disobedience in violating Alabama segregation laws, and she helped inspire the Black community to boycott the Montgomery buses for over a
Thesis statement: She was one of 11 children of Harriet and Benjamin Ross born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland. Harriet Tubman's name at birth was Araminta Ross. As a child, Ross was "hired out" by her master as a nursemaid for a small baby, much like the nursemaid in the picture.
Support thesis: In 1849, on the strength of rumors that she was about to be sold, Tubman fled to Philadelphia leaving behind her husband (who refused to leave), parents, and siblings. In December 1850 she made her way to Baltimore, Maryland, where she led her sister and two children …show more content…
She served as a scout and a nurse, though she received little pay or recognition.
ROSA PARKS
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005).
was an American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement."
Support claim: On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks rejected bus driver James F. Blake's order to vacate a row of four seats in the "colored" section in favor of a white passenger, once the "white" section was filled. Parks was not the first person to resist bus segregation, but the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) believed that she was the best candidate for seeing through a court challenge after her arrest for civil disobedience in violating Alabama segregation laws, and she helped inspire the Black community to boycott the Montgomery buses for over a