Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Harriet Tubman's Major Contributions

Hannah 10-13-07
Major Contributions
Harriet Tubman was born a slave her problem was, she had a hard time excepting that fact. At the early age of five she began her life as a laborer without wages. Harriet, her siblings and her parents were beaten daily and were treated brutally. This showed Harriet that the lifestyle of “slavery” was not worth living. Harriet watched her owner, Edward Brodas raised slaves to lend them to people or sell them. Harriet saw her two sisters being chained and dragged through the streets to be sold. That was the day Harriet began to think there had to be a change to the life of slavery.

At fifteen years old Harriet made her first try to help a run away slave. In 1849 Edward Brodas died, many slaves were supposed to be sold. Harriet made her escape that night. When Harriet planned her escaped she remembered a white lady told her if she needed any help to go to her. This lady gave Harriet the directions to a house that would help her. In that house a plan was made ahead of time to quickly get Harriet out of the south. One home led to another home all the way to Philadelphia. This route was called the Underground Railroad. From 1850 to 1860 Harriet disguised herself and took 11 to 13 trips back to the south rescuing slaves and her family. In 1851she relocated some of her family to Ontario, Canada. Through her Life she has rescued more than 300 slaves. They hide by day and traveled by night. During the Civil War she worked as a nurse, laundress, scout and encouraged slaves to join a union.

Harriet became known as the “Moses of her people” this angered many people. Life for Harriet was now in Auburn, New York where she even began to support woman’s rights. In 1908 Harriet built a home for aged ,homeless, and sick African-American people. She lived and worked in that home until 1913 when she died at 93 years old. Harriet was buried with military honors. She lived to see President Abraham Lincoln make slavery illegal in the United States Of America. Harriet Tubman was a brave and courageous woman who was not afraid to fight for the rights of African- Americans. Today there is a U.S postage stamp remembering her bravery.




Bibliography
www.incwell.com/biographies/tubman.html
www.nyhistory.com/harriettubman/life.html
www.harriettubmanbiography.com/_wsn/page14.html

The Family Life of Harriet Tubman

Hannah Family Life 12-6-07

The lifestyle of a young, slave girl eventually became known as an American abolitionist. Harriet Tubman was born a slave. Life as a child slave was very difficult. As soon as she was at the right age she was put to work. She was beaten and treated with no respect. Seeing her whole family being treated in a humiliating way made her make up her mind. From that point on she understood what slavery was, so she decided there had to be something done to make a change!
Harriet Tubman did a lot of great things through out the course of her life. People wonder how a heroine’s life begins.

Harriet Tubman was born in March, 1822. She was born on Anthony Thompson’s plantation, in Peter’s neck Dorchester County, Maryland. Harriet Tubman was born with the name Araminta Ross or Minty for short. Her parents names were Rit Green Ross and Ben Ross. Harriet was sixth out of eleven children in the Ross family. When Harriet was young she was put to work as a field hand and she didn’t get any education. She never learned how to read or write. Brodess family were the owners of the Ross family. The Brodess family moved the Ross family to brodess’s farm in Bucktown. While he was moving them he commanded to leave their fourth to youngest son Ben behind. In 1844, Harriet got married to John Tubman, only then she became a Tubman.

Unfortunately, Harriet Tubman died in March 1913. From that day on we remember and respect her tremendously, for what she had done to the American history. We all know that she has been beaten and been a slave. She took that all on her self just because she wanted slavery to end. We should thank her very much and remember Who was the one who took us out of slavery. In my opinion I feel that Harriet Tubman is one of the greatest American heroines and had a great effect on America.

Bibliography
www.harriettubmanbiography.com
www.ea.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0394350-00&docKey=Li4vLi4vc2VhcmNo…..