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    This woman told her about the Underground Railroad and influenced her to leave Maryland. Harriet felt that running away was her only choice because her husband stole her money and her master would not let her buy her freedom. She had no reasons to stay there. Thus, she started her journey north…

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    Harriet Tubman Impact

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    she helped heal injured soldiers during the war. The first reason Harriet was a very impactful person during the civil war was when she helped free slaves. Harriet Tubman Escaped on September 17, 1849, Tubman was guided by members of the Underground Railroad which is a place that is filled with safe houses and transportation. Her freedom felt empty unless she could share it with people who she loved so she resolved to go back and…

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    Harriet Tubman is a abolitionist women, That was worked hard trying to end slavery. She dreamed every day that slavery will come to a end. She died March 10th 1913. Harriet Was involved in War more. She se out raise funds for the war effort. She became more and more Famous. She tried her best to free the blacks, because she was tired of working for other people and being a slave and she knew the slaves felt the same way she did. Most people looked at her as being Moses because he help a couple…

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    wished to work on. To explain, if she was caught, she would have been in a predicament. She had the courage to ask her master for abandoned land to grow crops. Furthermore, Harriet Tubman was all by herself on her first runaway escape on the Underground Railroad in 1849. Pilots would occasionally abet her along the way; however, she had to figure the rest out on her own. A man gave Harriet a disguise that made her appear more manly and well dressed because there were posters and people out to…

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    in the war and maintaining hope when times are hard. Harriet is mostly known for he job in the underground railroad saving thousands of slaves. One of her most famous quotes was “I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they were slaves - Harriet Tubman”. This quote shows that she helped many people. She thinks that through the underground railroad she could have saved many more if they knew that they were slaves. A Lot of people back then were born into…

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    Harriet Tubman Journey

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    Harriet Tubman was an extraordinary heroine who devoted her life to assisting others gain their freedom from slavery through the Underground Railroad. Numerous events has transpired throughout Harriet Tubman’s early life. Furthermore, during Tubman’s difficult and tiresome journey, events occurred that forever altered her livelihood. Lastly, in Harriet Tubman’s later life, a multitude of various happenings took place with caused her to become an important figure in the fight to appeal slavery.…

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    Who Was Harriet Tubman

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    African-American anti-slavery worker, and humanitarian. She was also a Union spy during the American Civil War. She was born into slavery but she escaped. During her life, she made nineteen trips. She helped more than 300 slaves escape.She used the Underground Railroad. When Tubman was a child in Dorchester County, Maryland, she was whipped and beaten by many different masters. When she was very young, an angry overseer threw a heavy metal weight at another slave. The weight accidentally hit…

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    Slave Narrative Essay

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    remember those kids like it was yesterday because they exacerbated me so much. Two years later, your grandmother and I had heard of this thing called an underground railroad, where slaves were able to escape!” I told them excitedly. “Yay! So you had some hope of escaping!” Kelly yelled. “By the next few day, all the slaves knew about the underground railroad. Many suggested hanging up gourds to tell everyone when it was safe to leave. The song Follow the Drinking Gourd told us to follow the…

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    Research Paper: Gem of the Ocean August Wilson 's Gem of the Ocean, set in Pittsburgh in 1904, is full of symbolism. From a slavery bill of sale to the collection of pure dog excretion, Wilson uses symbols to develop a story of how the recent departure from slavery affected African Americans in the early 1900 's. Throughout the play, a cast of characters is introduced, and each one individually represents the mindset of the most common personalities one can find during this time…

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    and Mallory It was the beginning of November in Maryland 1853. Emala Knight, a thirteen year old was crossing the Underground Railroad with her mother Catherine, her 7 year old sister Samantha, and her 4 year old brother Karter. They were at the edge of 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…

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