Harriet Tubman

Susan B. Anthony started with abolitionism since the age at 16. She was part of Underground Railroad jointly with Harriet Tubman. Jointly with Stanton she refused to support the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments that enfranchisement black man but not women. Her public activities for women’s suffrage were conducted jointly with that of Stanton. Both they were internationally very active particularly in Europe, meeting with activist of European women’s movements. Her advantage over Stanton was…

many women today face unequal pay in the workforce compared to men. Even though in 1963 the Equal Pay Act legislation was passed, it has been decades and the policies are old and outdated. It wasn’t till recently that the Treasury proposed that Harriet Tubman, an American Abolitionist, should be on the new ten dollar bill. Interestingly enough, only one United States woman, George Washington’s wife, was ever featured on United States paper money.…

Understanding who you are/ what you will become is hard enough without the presence of racism and prejudice surrounding you. In Duan & Brown’s book, Becoming a Multiculturally Competent Counselor, they question the readers whether or not skin color affects “being yourself” in today’s society. Personally speaking, I believe that there are aspects of the question that I agree with such as the racist/ prejudice acts one can face. I believe that one’s personality can be effected by racism/ prejudice…

A slave song is a type of religious folk song that has “secret messages” to try and help slaves escape from slavery and get to freedom (Miles 518). These songs were sung by slaves in the 1860’s. When Africanized Christianity began to control slave population, spirituals became a new way to reflect one’s faith, sorrows, and hopes.White and Black spirituals differ in many ways. In fact, they differ on the content including one’s personal rights and living situations (Lewis 122). In the 19th…

Bravery means to have courageous behavior or character. Bravery can be seen in people like Harriet Tubman, who put her life on the line leading slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad. The humility and strength it takes to fight for a person's rights in a time of mayhem takes more bravery than what meets the eye. Just like Harriet Tubman, many more women showed bravery both on the home front and in the battlefield during World War II. “During the conflict that was placed before them,…

in an attempt to stamp out slavery, published his antislavery newspaper The Liberator; and Frederick Douglass, a former slave and an abolitionist, helped William Lloyd Garrison publish this newspaper. A key figure in hiding runaway slaves was Harriet Tubman; she worked with the Underground Railroad. This "railroad" was a system of…

spring had taken over the winter inside of me. My skin glowed, my cheeks reddened, my heart warmed. I would put on those pink slippers and become like Samson and his long head of hair, invincible. I would put on those pink slippers and become Harriet Tubman, brave. The slippers would wrap their arms around my feet and give me shelter,shelter…

I attended the Cace Conference Literary Cafe at 6:00pm. in the EUC Alexander room. The opportunity to hear spoken word and poetry is what led me to the event. This event is related to African American studies due to the fact it featured poets and spoken word performances about African American history in the 21st century. One of the featured artists on the program as D Noble. He recited a spoken word titled “In Search of Ourselves and Anti-rap”. The spoken word was about how rap portrays…

Harriet Tubman, a slave born in Cambridge, Maryland, is considered one of the most well-known Underground Railroad conductors. After successfully escaping herself, she returned to Maryland numerous times to help family members, friends, and other slaves to The…

voice talking about the subjects of slavery and human rights. In addition to this, she used her own slave story as a way to help shape a movement towards for black slaves, which made the audience emotional. Together with Fredrick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, she was one of the escaped enslaved people to rise as an important abolitionist leader to the humanity of all the enslaved people (biography.com). Her resistance as an enslaved African woman made an impact in the African American…