Harriet Tubman

William Still, who was a black abolitionist and a successful writer. Blacks knowing how to read and write was very uncommon in this period, but Still could do both. He was a huge contributor to helping the enslaved get to freedom, helping even Harriet Tubman, one of the most remembered conductors of the Underground Railroad. In the Underground…

Melanise Otis Research Paper November 30th, 2015 Professor Kelley Harriet Tubman Who was Harriet Tubman and what were her accomplishments? Harriet Tubman was an African-American abolitionist and humanitarian. During the American Civil War, she served as a nurse and a Union spy. Born a slave on Maryland’s eastern shore, in Dorchester County. She was born to enslave parents and her original name was Araminta Harriet Ross. Her mother, Harriet “Rit” Green, was owned by Mary Pattison Brodes and her…

written about important leaders from the underground railroads help prove that it was more complex than some people were taught. Some leaders from the Underground Railroad that helped prove it was real and that many people were involved were Harriet Tubman,…

Harriet Tubman Biography Harriet Tubman was an extraordinary Heroine who freed many slaves by taking them to Canada. She was one of the most well know conductors in the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was a series of stations that consisted of people who were against slavery, abolitionists. These people gave the escaped slaves food and hospitality. Some of the most famous station masters were William Still and Thomas Garrett. Being a station master was extremely dangerous because…

Because runaway notices could not be published until Monday mornings, Tubman would gather her passengers and leave on Saturday nights. She carried Opium with her when traveling with infants in order to keep them from crying and revealing the groups cover. Tubman never exposed her passengers to more risk than already presented, therefore they only traveled by proper routes during the night, took turns having passengers on lookout when resting, and only getting supplies from houses confirmed to be…

town in Maryland gathering together waiting for the conductor, Harriet Tubman. Soon they’d be walking through the Underground Railroad. It was evening and they slaves, had to keep hidden from the owners Patti and William Wilson. They had seen the an eye catching poster hung up on a black neighborhood wall, and they had been able to escape their torturous ‘homes’. Right now there were about 63 people already grouped together. Araminta Harriet Ross was up front waiting and welcoming for some more…

She was determined to help others escape and once she saved enough she headed back to help her friends and family. Over the course of 19 trips and many years, Harriet saved about 300 slaves. She risked her life every time she went back to the south and had a huge reward out for her arrest but this didn’t stop her. Although Harriet was a vital part in this process, this couldn’t have been done without other whites and free blacks that helped hide the slaves along the way and this became known…

Harriet Tubman is a famous heroine that transported suffering slaves to the light of freedom despite various obstacles along the way. She was born into slavery to her parents, Harriet Green and Benjamin Ross. Tubman was one of eleven children living on a slave plantation in Maryland, and later moved to a plantation in the South. Tubman inherited her courage and strength from her ancestors, the West African Ashanti tribe, known for being fierce warriors. (Taylor 11). Harriet once famously said,…

Moses of enslaved people, Harriet Tubman was an influential leader in her time and moved many people into freedom during the slave era. Born circa 1820, Harriet Tubman accomplished the seemingly impossible throughout her life; leader of the Underground Railroad, an abolitionist, Union nurse during the Civil War, and supporter of the suffrage movement. She amazingly did all this being a minority woman in a time where white men were the only ones in a place of power. Harriet Tubman’s birth name…

Many are aware of the great deed that Harriet Tubman executed to free slaves in the south. However, people are still left in the blind about in which the way they were rescued and how she triumph every single obstacle while placing her life in danger. She is rightfully deserving of her honor in today’s society and you will learn about her in the biography. This biography will provide you with a harsh state of mind after reading about the brutal mistreatment of enslaved and free African-Americans…