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    front of our eyes, many people take no action to prevent it or help. We all believe that someone else will come to help the people that are suffering; this is the bystander effect. When no one stands up to help, the problem will never be resolved. Harriet Tubman, however, was not one of these people. Tubman was described as, "one of the best and bravest persons on this continent." People held her in great regard and this quote describes how much she was respected. Tubman was responsible for…

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    The Holocaust was a traumatic event that changed the course of history forever.Resistance efforts were what kept many people in concentration camps hopeful, knowing there are groups of people making a difference and fighting to liberate them.Mala Zimetbaum was a courageous and impressive women that never lost sight of what she believed in. Mala Zimetbaum devoted herself to help the prisoners at Auschwitz. She was born in Poland in 1918 but she was a Belgian women. She was the youngest of…

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    Fatal error! Harriet Tubman helped save over three hundred men and women, who were slaves, get to freedom by traveling through the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman was an extremely important person who risked her life for countless people. She traveled in all sorts of harsh conditions just to bring those she loved, and plenty more, to freedom. Harriet Tubman was a very important progressive woman who changed our society greatly by standing up for what's right, helping others when she didn’t…

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    Harriet Tubman was an extraordinary female hero; she escaped from slavery yet she returned to slave states to free about three hundred slave throughout her adulthood. From early childhood leading to the day of her escape, Harriet experienced frequent hardships while serving wealthy plantation owners. However, when she became a free woman, she journied on expeditions into the heart of slave territory and onced served Abraham Lincoln by spying on the confederates. Harriet Tubman led an…

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    that Harriet Tubman once said to herself. She was also one of the most effective person on fighting for human rights. Cesar Chavez was also important to changing human rights. Harriet Tubman and Cesar Chavez should always be thought about when talking about leaders that fought for human rights. Cesar Chavez was a great leader for the strike that led to improvement to farm work. Also, Harriet Tubman saved slaves and helped them escape slavery and to a new better life. In the story of Harriet…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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.…

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    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…

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    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…

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