Imagine being a slave at such a young age and having to learn many things so early in life but later help you when you are older well that is what happened to Harriet Tubman, she wouldn’t stop until she would be able to save any slave she saw.The biography, “Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad” by Ann Petry is about a slave who learned many skills as a child that would teach her to defend herself. She learned these many skills from her father when she was 6 years old. These skills would later come in handy for her when she is older. She would use these skills later to save many slaves from their owners and escape from slavery for good. She helped many families during the process to keep them all alive and well to safety. …show more content…
A few things she used these skills for was that she saved many slaves, took the slaves to an underground railroad where they would be taken to safety, and helped the fugitive slaves get to freedom. She did this because she wanted to help all slaves so they wouldn’t have to suffer and maybe die. She would go save the slaves at night and take them to an underground railroad system. The results were her saving many slaves and delivering them to safety. She did this for all the slaves who needed help out there in the south. I think that Harriet Tubman was a great leader because she saved many people from slavery and finally get to freedom after years of being a slave. For example,“The years prior to the Civil War were especially perilous for escaped slaves, but Harriet Tubman returned again and again to the South to help fugitive slaves gain freedom.” (34, Petry) The author states, “By the time Harriet Ross was six years old, she had unconsciously absorbed many kinds of knowledge, almost with the air she breathed.” (35, …show more content…
When Cesar was a child he helped his family by working in the fields with them. He labored in the fields, orchards and vineyards. Since he was a migrant worker himself, this led him to become an activist for people in his situation. With non-violent acts such as: strikes, boycotts, marches, and fasts, Chavez was able to teach others how commitment and sacrifice can set you free. Chavez gained rights such as “...rest periods, toilets in the fields, clean drinking water, hand washing facilities, banning discrimination in employment and sexual harassment of women workers, requiring protective clothing against pesticide exposure, prohibiting pesticide spraying while workers are in the fields and outlawing DDT and other dangerous pesticides…” (24,CCF), and much more for farm workers when he established UFW as the first successful farm workers union in American history. Cesar’s movements encouraged others to take part in his protests. Cesar influenced and inspired millions of Americans and “He gave people the faith to believe in themselves, even if they were poor and unable to receive the best education.”
One leader can change how a region, or group of people think, but many leaders can make an entire country question itself. A group called the abolitionist did just this. The abolitionist held many leaders such as Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln and many more. All of these people held specific qualities that set them apart as ideal leaders and spokespeople. One of these leaders was Harriet Tubman, born as a slave she had great initiative and courage as she not only escaped slavery but returned to plantations to sneak off more and more slaves.
Harriet Tubman was a historical figure that was courageous, determined, and a awesome leader that helped slaves escape from their masters according to the text “A Glory over Everything”. Harriet Tubman’s traits played a role in her deciding to escape from slavery. One of the traits that helped Harriet Tubman escape slavery was courageous. Harriet Tubman was courageous to go back and forth helping slaves to freedom. Also, she had a bounty on her head, but she still helped all those slaves to escape.
I believe Harriet Tubman is the most admirable women in history. Harriet Tubman Made so many contributions to the civil war and helped save so many people's lives. To begin, Harriet Tubman had been abused as a child. Harriet was beaten and whipped as a child, even after this traumatic experience, she never gave up fighting for what she believed was right. Eventually, she was the conductor of the Underground Railroad.
“I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves” (Top 25). Harriet Tubman was an American heroine to many slaves. She was known as the “Moses” of her people. Also, she was one of the only “conductors” of the Underground Railroad to have the privilege of saying she never lost a passenger.
Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman, known to most as a former slave and agent on the underground railroad, achieved much as an agent, spy, nurse, soldier, feminist, and social reformer, but unfortunately was treated with little respect, in return. Harriet Tubman has done a lot more for slaves, woman, elders, and the rest of this country than most people know. She led men into combat operations, she fought in the civil war, and she freed hundreds of slaves. Harriet Tubman was a right and just woman who never gave up or ran her train off tracks.
The next award is being given out to Harriet Tubman, a woman of courage, bravery, and compassion. She is a woman who is one of the most important African American leader who changed the perspective on slavery. Harriet Tubman, a slave in the South, escaped the hands of a slave owner to have freedom in the North. She dedicated her life to helping others make it to freedom too. She put her life at risk so others could be free.
Harriet Tubman - Harriet Tubman was a leader on the underground railroad. She helped hundreds of slaves reach freedom. She was very good at this because she went back to the south over 19 times to help save slaves, Harriet also new the land very well. Tubman was also a scout, and a spy for the union army in the civil war. Tubman was never in a battle but fought for freedom her whole life.
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world”- Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman was born in 1822 in Dorchester County in the Eastern Shores of Maryland. Tubman was treated harshly throughout her childhood. She began working as a slave since she was only five years old and since her plantation owner was poor, he had to send her to other owners to work.
In conclusion Harriet Tubman was one of the bravest women of the nineteenth century. She risked her life to helps other enslaved Africans that were in need of help, to achieve their freedom. “Harriet Tubman devoted her life towards the abolition of slavery. She is an inspiration to many for her relentless struggle for equality and civil rights. She is one of the most notable figures in
Journal Entry #1: I, Alice Smith, help with the Underground Railroad. I am a free slave who paid her way to freedom. I work to help slaves, who want a better life. The Underground Railroad (UGRR) is a route of houses or places that help slaves runaway to the North. This is our reform movement, besides this, there are Women’s Rights Movements, Prison Reforms, and Education Reforms.
“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” -Abraham Lincoln. As this quote says, our ancestors’ intention for this land was that all humans would be treated the same way; equal. But this world didn’t end up like they wanted.
Slaves, one of the biggest economic resources for the US in the 17 and 1800s. Harriet Tubman was one of many slaves who escaped after her master died in 1849, but rather than fleeing the South, she stayed to help save hundreds of slaves. Harriet did many great things in her lifetime such as saving over 38 slaves on the underground railroad, saving 800 slaves as a union spy, as well as she served as a civil war nurse and caregiver . Harriet Tubman’s greatest achievement was her time as a caregiver.
Should Harriet Tubman be considered a hero? A hero doesn’t have to be someone who flies around using superpowers to defeat villains. Heros are average people who do above average things for others. There are three things that make someone a hero: overcoming challenges, making personal sacrifices, and being a leader in your community. If a hero sees a problem he or she acts upon it, they don’t sit around watching the problem happen.
In Conclusion, harriet Tubman was an influential abolitionist leading many to freedom and saving lives for both slaves and soldiers. She was a slave, led slaves to freedom, was in the Underground railroad, worked in the Civil War and can be compared to Nat Turner. Harriet changed the way people saw african americans. That is very important today with not only african americans but with all races and how they are treated in society
Harriet Tubman was a nineteenth century abolitionist. She wasn’t like most northern abolitionists, though because she was an African American (Not that that’s bad or anything). She had rough beginnings, as she was born a slave in the southern states. She escaped, and a year after she did, she started helping other slaves get to freedom. Because of her efforts, 200 or so slaves escaped in the underground railroad.