Harriet Tubman

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    Harriet Tubman Reflection

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    My partner and I brainstormed possible topics and the one I liked the most was Harriet Tubman because i look up for her and her actions. I decided to research Harriet Tubman because she fought for civil rights. When I first started my research, i wasn't too sure where to look and what to look for. Then I started questioning myself what, when, why, and how. Also I will write what I already knew about Harriet Tubman. Then I knew what answers I should look for by the questions and what i already…

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    Harriet Tubman Essay

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    person change history in order to help others? Harriet Tubman did just that. She was born as a slave were she meets her husband and took his last name to honor him. She later on married a man 22 years younger than him, Nelson Davis, after she became a freed slave were the couple decided to adopt a baby girl named Gertie. Right after she became freed she rushed back to Maryland to rescue her family slowly a group at a time (“African” 1). Harriet Tubman is considered bid for the great changes she…

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    that I was hopefully going to escape the austere setting that I have lived in, and finally find the freedom that I have longed for all my life. “Who are the children dressed in blue, they must be the ones who made it through.” (Slave Songs) Harriet Tubman and other slaves working…

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    Harriet Tubman Qualities

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    Harriet Tubman had special qualities that helped her free the fugitives. These can be seen in “Harriet Tubman: Guide to Freedom” by Ann Petry. For example, she did whatever it took to help as many slaves as possible. Also, she was strong and dedicated. Another trait is, she was trustworthy. Lastly, she was kind. Harriet Tubman risked her own life for hundreds of others, and to do this it took the special qualities that she had. To start with, she was willing to do whatever it took to free as…

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    A Real World Hero

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    everyone has what it takes, but those that do sure do deliver. Gender, age, and even race doesn't determine your qualification to become a real-world hero. Real world heroes save people and help others no matter what the consequences are. Harriet Tubman was an African American slave who escaped and went on to help her fellow slaves' escape with her through the underground railroad. Although the underground railroad was just a system of…

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    slaves.” -Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman, a slave during the American Civil War herself, helped save the lives of thousands of others just like her. She was a brave, loyal and selfless leader. Those are all characteristics of a hero. Using the underground railway, Harriet Tubman helped a lot of slaves escape hard and severe conditions. The underground railway was a system that helped slaves get out of the harsh and deadly conditions that they had to face at all times of the day. Tubman made 19…

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    Harriet Tubman Motivation

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    Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman was a leader in so many ways. She was a lot of the reason there are no more slaves in the USA. ”Never wound a snake; kill it,” when Tubman said this she is talking about slavery. She was saying that you don't just wound a snake/slavery or it will kill you. Tubman’s work as a slave activist help start the Underground Railroad and she later ran it for 8 years. Harriet Tubman was an important figure in history because she freed thousands of slaves via…

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    Harriet Tubman Dbq

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    Harriet Tubman was born a slave and grew up working as a servant on the plantation. She escaped from the South to the North with thousands of other slaves using the Underground Tunnel, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by southern slaves in efforts to escape to free states. Tubman became a conductor who assisted the slaves to escape from the south using the tunnel. She made 19 trips into slave-owning states of the South, rescuing some 300 men, women, and children just before the…

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    Harriet Tubman Essay

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    The movie Harriet is a great movie to watch. It is very informative. This movie is about Harriet Tubman. It starts with Harriet Tubman and her husband John asking their Master for freedom so their children could be born free. He said no and the Master freed her husband and said he was no longer allowed around their slaves. So one day Harriet was put for sale so she decided to run north for freedom. She had a tough journey getting there, almost drawing and getting cut. Her master thought she…

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    One famous woman, Harriet Tubman, served as a spy for the Union army. Harriet would hide through many different disguises, to lead other local black spies to get any information necessary to them and the Union army. Another woman, Mary Elizabeth Bowser, has a story that is less documented than Harriet Tubman’s, but is no less intriguing. People say that Mary had a photographic memory and was able to remember…

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