Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman, an abolitionist, was an unbelievably remarkable woman who accomplished several tasks in her life. She was an extraordinary heroine. Harriet was determined to free numerous slaves during her journey. To add, Harriet had to overcome several difficult situations in her trip. Lastly, Harriet was honored as a leader by some of her passengers and the celebrities themselves. In taking the route of the Underground Railroad, Harriet succeeded in freeing hundreds of slaves with…

Introduction Martine Luther king Jr, Malcom X and Rosa park are names of people who are familiar to almost everyone, but what about Harriet Tubman? Who known also as “Moses”? The forgotten great women hero. She has a major influence on the African American society. Tubman born and lived three decades of her life in slavery. She mistreated by her owner as other slaves at that time. For this reason, she made the decision to running away from the plantation to find the freedom. That’s when her…

Harriet Tubman was an effective leader, a liberation bringer and a wanted criminal. She escaped from slavery only to journey back into slave states nearly 20 times to rescue people- some friends and family, but mostly strangers- from the bondage of slavery. Her life and leadership was nothing short of heroic: a tale of true servant leadership and self-sacrifice for the freedom of those suffering injustice. Everything she accomplished, she did while living under enormous oppression herself, yet,…

Harriet Tubman played an immense role in the underground railroad, as well as the antislavery movement.. Born into slavery in 1820 and escaping her plantation in 1849- when she was only 29 years of age- Tubman made it to the North. Tubman is most well known to her sacrifices in order to save other families from slavery. I think that Harriet Tubman was the Most Valuable Person to contribute to the U.S. history. When Tubman was 29 years of age, she made it to the Free states of the North. When…

Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman was a leading abolitionist after escaping slavery. She has led hundreds on hundreds of other slaves through the underground railroad. She was born into slavery in Maryland in 1820. She has became the “most famous conductor” of the underground railroad. She took hundreds from safehouse to safehouse to lead them to their freedom. Tubman also helped the union army as a spy during the war including other roles while helping. In honor of her life and also by a high…

used back roads, waterways, mountains, and swamps to avoid being spotted and would always carry a gun on her. Over time Tubman gained the nickname “Moses” after the biblical story of Moses who attempted to lead the Jews to freedom from slavery. She built her own network of operatives and routes in the northern side of the Underground Railroad. Over the span of 10 years, Tubman returned south 19 times and lead about 300 slaves to freedom. During one of her last operations, she set out to bring…

Samuel Zemurray and Madame C.J. Walker were viewed from many for achieving the American Dream, the two embodied the quintessential American success stories of a Russian immigrant and daughter of a former slave. Zemurray and Walker, while they had completely different racial backgrounds, the two ultimately were more similar than not, and battled many of the same hardships. In a time of white privilege, many disadvantages emerged for an immigrant and African American women, the odds were strongly…

Beloved is a novel written by Toni Morrison and was published in 1987. The novel is set after the American Civil War (1861–1865), and it is inspired by the story of Margaret Garner, an African-American slave, who was able to escape from slavery by fleeing to a free state from Kentucky. In the novel too, the protagonist is a female by the name of Sethe, who escapes from slavery by fleeing to a free state which is Cincinnati, Ohio. In the novel, the author seeks to explore the impact of slavery on…

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