Slaves were first brought over to North America from British ships in 1619, to the colony of Jamestown, Virginia, and spread throughout the south to other colonies. The purpose of the British bringing slaves over was to help in crops growth, farming, aiding in running plantations to help make more crops to trade and sell. They also helped with house work, and many daily tasks of their masters such as watching children and etc. Throughout the first beginning of slavery, until June 19th 1865 the last day history defines as slavery still taking place, many slaves had to run away for their freedom. Abraham Lincoln announced the Emancipation proclamation on New Year’s Day in 1863, but it wasn’t reached to all slaves of the south, particularly those
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Harriet herself started off a slave, born in Maryland, and later on married a free black man named John Tubman. In 1849, she ran away, because she was scared of being sold. One night following the North Star she sought her way to freedom. She ran away to Pennsylvania and then to Philadelphia, were she started to work and make money. She went to Maryland a year later to lead her sister and nieces to freedom, and then later on went back to free a couple of other men and her brother. There was a want for Harriet’s capture, around 1856 her capture from the south was a $40,000 reward. During this time there were a lot of slave catchers, and made it even harder for people like Harriet, “This was indeed risky business, because slave and sheriffs were constantly on the lookout. Over 3,200 people are known to have worked on the railroad between 1830 and the end of the Civil War” . This still did not stop Tubman from being the fearless woman she was. Harriett had made trips to help free slaves 19 times by the year 1860. Fredrick Douglas who was an African American abolitionist stated, , "Excepting John Brown -- of sacred memory -- I know of no one who has willingly encountered more perils and hardships to serve our enslaved people than [Harriet
Harriet herself started off a slave, born in Maryland, and later on married a free black man named John Tubman. In 1849, she ran away, because she was scared of being sold. One night following the North Star she sought her way to freedom. She ran away to Pennsylvania and then to Philadelphia, were she started to work and make money. She went to Maryland a year later to lead her sister and nieces to freedom, and then later on went back to free a couple of other men and her brother. There was a want for Harriet’s capture, around 1856 her capture from the south was a $40,000 reward. During this time there were a lot of slave catchers, and made it even harder for people like Harriet, “This was indeed risky business, because slave and sheriffs were constantly on the lookout. Over 3,200 people are known to have worked on the railroad between 1830 and the end of the Civil War” . This still did not stop Tubman from being the fearless woman she was. Harriett had made trips to help free slaves 19 times by the year 1860. Fredrick Douglas who was an African American abolitionist stated, , "Excepting John Brown -- of sacred memory -- I know of no one who has willingly encountered more perils and hardships to serve our enslaved people than [Harriet