Harriet Tubman

locations would gain such notoriety because of the conductors who ran those posts, not the actual location. Some of the the most famous conductors with the most identifiable routes would include: Thomas Garrett, Samuel Burris, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet…

myself knows about slavery. Our own selves have seen, heard, and often talked around it intensively in class discussions or with our parents. The biggest common slaves that were famous by doing something drastic was Harriet Tubman, Fredrick Douglas, and George Washington Carver. Harriet Tubman became famous for her secretive underground railroad that led an enormous amount of slaves to freedom by following the North Star. Fredrick Douglas became famous for being able to read and write an…

When my parents told me that I will be attending my remaining years of high school in the United States, I was overjoyed. It was a dream I had ever since I saw the towering buildings of New York on my dad's work-trip magazines. I admired the work my parents put in for several years to make my dream happen and I was happy to have my brother beside me along this adventurous ride. When I arrived in Mississippi, I struggled for a few months to adapt to the separation from my parents, friends, and…

were their work as spies and contributors in the war effort. Harriet Tubman in, Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent: How Daring Slaves and Free Blacks Spied for the Union During the Civil War, demonstrates the significance of a brave and independent female African American role. This particular novel depicts Harriet as a Union spy and an escaped female slave, who chances her life on numerous occasions to guide other runaway slaves to freedom. Harriet is a well known famous African American female…

African American history is the story of great tragedy and accomplishment. Where they were once was kings and queens Africans were taken from their homeland as slaves to work in the dirt. They were treated cruelly and unjustly. However, they would fight ultimately for their freedom looking to having some sort of freedom whether in their homeland of Africa or this new land of America. Some call Africa the birth place of human beings seeing that The Great Rift Valley is known for having some of…

march that resulted in many hundreds being arrested but wasn’t afraid to keep going.” This quote shows that he wasn’t afraid to lead a march that resulted in many being arrested even though he himself could be arrested yet again. In addition, Harriet Tubman, an American abolitionist, is a hero who was valiant and bold because the risk to help other slaves was terror-strickening and life-threatening but she kept helping. According to Biography Online, “With the aid of other abolitionists, she…

I live in Tennessee, United States. I am a slave that has been transported plantation to plantation. I decided to escape to the North because the plantation owners treated me like I was nothing to them. The slaveowners beat me and forced me to do their work on their farms. They made me pick cotton, tobacco, rice, and sugar canes. I also decided to escape because they didn’t give us anything to eat, drink, or wear. They tortured us. I got seperated from my brother when the owners auctioned us off…

Mar. 2016.) The northerners went to the government. They were looking for help with competition, population, and immigration. Some Northern abolitionists included Thomas Jefferson (1734-1826), Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), Tom Paine (1737-1809), Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1869), John Brown (1800-1859), and Fredrick Douglass (1818-1895). Even though Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner, h sought to outlaw slavery at different stages. In 1784, Jefferson proposed federal legislation banning…

In the beginning of Viola Davis’ speech, she gave a quote once spoken by Harriet Tubman: “In my mind, I see a line. And over that line, I see green fields and lovely flowers and beautiful white women with their arms stretched out to me, over that line. But I can’t seem to get there no how. I can’t seem to get over that line” (Gold…

During the time of the Civil War, women expanded their roles from being mainly focused on their homes and families to stepping up to help with the war effort for the first time in history. They had new responsibilities and priorities beyond being mothers and wives. Women contributed to the war effort supporting either the Union or Confederate army. Meanwhile in the North, women formed ladies’ aid societies in order to maintain supplies for the Union troops. For example, women provided food for…