During the 1800s, slavery was going on in the United States. Harriet Tubman fits into this topic of “Taking a Stand”, because she made many actions that were against slavery. She took a job that was dangerous to handle, freed many slaves, and continued of going against slavery during and after the Civil War.
When Araminta Ross was born, she was born as a slave on a cotton farm in Delaware in 1820 December(Hale). Her family was owned by the family who runs the cotton farm. The owners decided to let her be rented by other families, “She performed such work as winding yarn, checking muskrat traps, housekeeping, splitting fence rails, loading timber, and nursing children (“Harriet Tubman,” Biography in Context).”
One day, she went with her mother …show more content…
The owners started selling their slaves one by one farther into the south. Araminta was afraid that she was going to be sold along with her family and ran away one night in the Underground Railroad. She reached the border of Philadelphia, and changed her name to what is known today, Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman begin her new life in Philadelphia, getting an apartment, making new friends, and getting a job. When 1850 came around, her life changed, ”Tubman lost her status of "free" and became a fugitive when Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Law in 1850 as part of the Missouri Compromise (“Harriet Tubman,” Biography in Context).” This was the time where she began to take a stand to slavery and assisted slaves from the South to the …show more content…
She served as a nurse, scout, and spy for the Union and she helped soldiers, both whites and blacks. During one campaign in the Combahee River in July of 1863, she freed over 750 slaves in South Carolina. After the Civil War she continued to help the slaves into their new free lives. She also spoke for women’s rights and a supporter.
Harriet Tubman was an important person, because she contributed so much into saving slaves during slavery. She, as many know her as, was a conductor of the Underground Railroad that saved many lives of slaves in the South. It was amazing of how she did her job as a conductor, not letting any die or giving up and turning back. She had many tactics to pass by slave hunters. She would drug babies to make them stop crying, boarded trains heading south to confuse slave hunters, and would point a gun at those who were about to give up and return back to their
When Araminta Ross was born, she was born as a slave on a cotton farm in Delaware in 1820 December(Hale). Her family was owned by the family who runs the cotton farm. The owners decided to let her be rented by other families, “She performed such work as winding yarn, checking muskrat traps, housekeeping, splitting fence rails, loading timber, and nursing children (“Harriet Tubman,” Biography in Context).”
One day, she went with her mother …show more content…
The owners started selling their slaves one by one farther into the south. Araminta was afraid that she was going to be sold along with her family and ran away one night in the Underground Railroad. She reached the border of Philadelphia, and changed her name to what is known today, Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman begin her new life in Philadelphia, getting an apartment, making new friends, and getting a job. When 1850 came around, her life changed, ”Tubman lost her status of "free" and became a fugitive when Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Law in 1850 as part of the Missouri Compromise (“Harriet Tubman,” Biography in Context).” This was the time where she began to take a stand to slavery and assisted slaves from the South to the …show more content…
She served as a nurse, scout, and spy for the Union and she helped soldiers, both whites and blacks. During one campaign in the Combahee River in July of 1863, she freed over 750 slaves in South Carolina. After the Civil War she continued to help the slaves into their new free lives. She also spoke for women’s rights and a supporter.
Harriet Tubman was an important person, because she contributed so much into saving slaves during slavery. She, as many know her as, was a conductor of the Underground Railroad that saved many lives of slaves in the South. It was amazing of how she did her job as a conductor, not letting any die or giving up and turning back. She had many tactics to pass by slave hunters. She would drug babies to make them stop crying, boarded trains heading south to confuse slave hunters, and would point a gun at those who were about to give up and return back to their