Underground Railroad

advanced environment; a more futuristic environment is much more of an advantage of farming. The growth of railroads was also a huge economic factor between the North and South. Clearly the North had more railroads since they were more industrialized. Railroads were the key for transportation in the 1850’s because cars and other vehicles were not invented yet. When an area has more railroads, more supplies, more people, and more supporters will be in your area, thus giving an area more of an…

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 deadly trips to help slaves reach freedom.…

There are numerous individuals throughout literature that made their imprints stain in history. Although there are little amounts of people that stood up and represented slavery in the United States. Slavery had a huge role in the United States history, getting down in the 1600’s and was abolished in the 1800’s. African-American slaves were maliciously being mistreated and meant nothing, as if they were carcasses, for a hundreds of years. Slaves were not allowed to read or write to keep them…

“Get down Josh,” I whispered as we crawled through the brush. One of my friends told me we are going to try to escape, so we tried and we got out. The slave catchers were called and started the hunt.(3) We went up on a tree, and the hunters didn’t see us Andy left us alone.(2) The slave catchers ran back to their base and the next morning they started to chase us again. (1) I have been out in the woods for 1 month with no food. I ran away and have been hunted from the day I left.…

lives, she was the conductor of the Undergrounded RailRoad and she was a brave lady to do what she did. Her name is Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman demonstrated courage by showing Excellence, Integrity, and Respect. The first thing that Harriet Tubman did to demonstrate courage is showing Excellence by becoming the conductor of the underground RailRoad, I know this because it states,"In 1850, she became an official conductor of the Underground Railroad. She knew all routes toward the free…

Slavery DBQ It was too an extreme extent that enslaved people lives were shaped and were able to resist the culture of white supremacy by concealing themselves from society, using relationships and becoming educated, becoming violent. Slaves across America lived in constant fear of the terror know as white supremacy. Slaves had to go through many extreme measure not to be seen. “...and had blackened my face with charcoal. I passed several people whom I knew. The father of my children came so…

they paid for they’re slave. Many female slaves were raped by their master so they could produce more kids to do work around their owner’s house. In addition, some slaves were able to runaway from their slave owners by using the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was a passage that you follow to get up north so you could be free. Even though slave were able to escape some did get caught. If you caught trying to escape; you would be taken back to your master to be beaten or killed.…

Missouri Compromise- March 3, 1820 tensions began to rise between the anti-slavery North and the pro-slavery South. tensions soon came to a boiling point in 1819 when Missouri wanted to enter the Union as a slave state. This would disrupt the balance between the free and slave states. there were 11 free states and 11 slave states. To keep things even, there was a two-part compromise, which missouri was to enter as a slave state but Maine had to enter as a free state, making the numbers 12…

possibility of escape, but only few would muster up the courage to try. Some escaped slaves chose to return back to their masters as they underestimated the challenges that they would face traveling North. But, to the slave’s advantage, the Underground Railroad provided a system of safer travel, usually under the cover of…

In response to “The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader” we see all of those qualities in leaders such as Fredrick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and Harriet Tubman. The main target that stands out truly who we can all agree on is Harriet Tubman. She has the strongest show of leadership as she helps many escape slavery, giving up her life for others. Looking at her strongest and more noticeable qualities first. Without a leader like Harriet, we would not have her in our history books, many people…