Harriet E. Wilson

The book Harriet Tubman: the road to freedom, by Catherine Clinton gives provides details on Harriet Tubman’s life. Harriet Tubman is an important person, because of her actions during the era of slavery. She was able escape from chains slavery, and Fugitive Slave Acts. Harriet risked her life by going to back in forth into the south to rescue her family members and others that were enslaved. Harriet was able rescue the enslaved people with the help of the Underground Railroad. She was a…

Harriet Tubman is being honored with an award for her bravery. She showed her bravery in the Civil War and when she helped with The Underground Railroad. Harriet showed that she was very brave when she was a spy for the Union in the Civil War. Before she was a spy for the Union she was a slave who escaped. Then she came back to where her family was and helped them escape. She was also known as the best “conductor” of the Underground Railroad. When she helped her family escape she realized that…

Harriet Tubman is known for her proactive role in the Underground Railroad. However, most people don 't know much detail about her life. Her childhood, head injury, escape, and actions during the Civil War are also important aspects of her life. She was born under the name Araminta "Minty" Ross. Both of her parents were slaves. Her mother, Harriet "Rit" Green, was owned by Mary Pattison Brodess, and later on by her son Edward. Anthony Thompson owned Araminta 's father, Ben Ross. Mr.…

many families/people have gone through or are still going through today. Social history includes personal stories, which give greater insight into divisive topics; it also reveals the family dynamics that are affected by these divisive topics. Harriet Tubman’s life story depicts a firsthand account of the cruelties of…

The deliberate actions of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and Thomas Garrett undoubtedly evoke the themes of freedom and sacrifice. As a result of Tubman being willing to risk her own life, she saved hundreds of slaves and encouraged many to follow in her footsteps. Douglass and Garrett also helped change the lives of countless slaves, as well as shape the future of America. It was through the help of these great people, that many African-Americans were saved. Harriet Tubman clearly…

The Underground Railroad was a large network of people, they helped the fugitive slaves escape to the North and Canada. It was not run by one person or one organization, when actually it consisted of many individuals who had limited knowledge of the whole operation. The idea began near the end of the eighteenth century when George Washington complained one of his slaves escaped by the help of “a society of Quakers, formed for such purposes.” Around 1831 it was dubbed the Underground Railroad for…

There is no doubt that the novels of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe and Our Nig: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black by Harriet E. Wilson have many similarities. Both of the novels were written in the 1800’s long before the Civil Rights Act was ever written. The character of Tom (Uncle Tom’s Cabin), and Frado (Our Nig), appear to me, the reader to be the strongest similarity between the two novels. In the story of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Tom is an African American slave living on an…

Harriet Tubman: Born to be free Harriet Ross Tubman is debatably one of the most well know and inspirational figures in African American and women history. She was born a slave and as a result of her predetermined condition, was subject to abuse. Despite her condition however she strived to not only liberate herself, but others in an effort to relieve future generations from the pain she endured. Because of these facts, she is imperative to the history of America. Generations will know her as a…

In the award winning novel Chains, the author, Laurie Halse Anderson, presents an historical Revolutionary War novel where a young slave girl must escape to freedom to save her sister, Ruth. This takes her on a perilous journey through eighteenth century America towards freedom, where the only way out is perseverance and courage. Through scenes in the book, Anderson implies that to improve your situation and work towards a cause risks must be taken. This idea is shown in the scenes when she…

Harriet Tubman was born in December 1820 in Dorchester, Maryland. Growing up she had a very harsh and brutal childhood; both of her parents were enslaved. Her mother, Harriet “Rit” Green, was owned by master Mary Pattison Brodess. Her father, Ben Ross, was owned by Master Anthony Thompson. Both masters became a married couple. Mary Brodess’ son sold three of Harriet’s sisters too far away plantations to serve within the family. Harriet was thought of and viewed as stupid. Physical violence was a…