American Civil War spies

influential leader in her time and moved many people into freedom during the slave era. Born circa 1820, Harriet Tubman accomplished the seemingly impossible throughout her life; leader of the Underground Railroad, an abolitionist, Union nurse during the Civil War, and supporter of the suffrage movement. She amazingly did all this being a minority woman in a time where white men were the only ones in a place of power. Harriet Tubman’s birth name was Araminta Ross, and she kept that name until…

African Americans contributed to the Union and Confederate sides during the Civil War (HistoryNet, n.d.). There were over 179,000 African Americans that had positions in the Union Army as well as support from the Navy (HistoryNet, n.d.). The states that were separated from the Union were called the Confederate states and they consisted of South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas (Africans in America, n.d.). The states provisional president was Jefferson Davis…

You might be a hero to a sibling even to a friend but this hero is known for her heroic actions. Harriet Tubman was born 1860 in Dorchester County, Maryland. Harriet helped slaves escape through the Underground Railroad, which is series of tunnels that lead to safe houses and was used in the 19th century. The railroad lead to Canada so the slaves would be able to be free, since Canada didn’t have slaves. Harriet made 19 trips to the South and rescued 300 slaves. “Never lost a single passenger”…

“I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.” -Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman, a slave during the American Civil War herself, helped save the lives of thousands of others just like her. She was a brave, loyal and selfless leader. Those are all characteristics of a hero. Using the underground railway, Harriet Tubman helped a lot of slaves escape hard and severe conditions. The underground railway was a system that helped slaves get out of the…

The Civil War wasn’t all about the male soldiers on the battlefield. There were other soldiers fighting a different battle on the home front, and they were none other than the women. The lives that women lived during this time period are often over looked, but they played a huge role in the war. As noted by the article “Women and the Civil War”, “…when in 1861 the American Civil War broke out between the north and the south, both men and women became deeply involved in the conflict.” (Women and…

Harriet Tubman, the famous Underground Railroad “conductor”, escaped from slavery in the South to become the most well-known abolitionist of the 19th century. She was born in Eastern Maryland around 1820, in which she was forced to start her life as a slave. In 1849, she was able to escape from slavery in fear that she was going to be sold. Following the North Star by foot and with the help of many white abolitionists, she was able to make her way to Philadelphia where she is able to find work…

into slavery and when she grew up she risked her life just to save everyone. Harriet made a very big impact on the world. Harriet Tubman is important because she lead slaves to freedom which ended slavery, she changed the way we look at African Americans, and was a very caring woman. In 1850 Harriet leads enslaved people to freedom including her parents Philadelphia. She lead them through the secret tunnels that was never discovered by anyone. The tunnels were called “The Underground…

African Americans have had a long and burdened history in the United States, beginning with the institution of slavery and continuing on to the widespread racial injustice that they persevered and still endure today. As we look deep into the historical backdrop of America we cannot deny that African Americans have had a profound effect on the character of the United States of America. They helped to change the face of not just America, but of themselves. They called out for liberty and equality…

roles and dramatically reshape their lives. Throughout American history, there is a significant amount of evidence that defines the different roles that men and women were expected live by. From Antebellum America’s philosophy of “the cult of true womanhood”1 to the remarkable parts women played in the Civil War, it is evident that the picture of the American woman was changing. This essay addresses only a few examples in which Early American history paved the way for women to evolve and make…

during the Civil War era in the South when so much importance was placed on wealth, personal property, and therefor, upon honor (Greenberg, The Nose, the Lie, and the Duel in the Antebellum South, Pages 57-74). It was human nature to protect one’s personal property and asset’s before even considering the general well being of the rest of the population. However, the cooperation and scarification of all that a large plantation owner could afford to give was especially important to the war effort…