Harriet Tubman
“I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.” - Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman (originally named Araminta) and her 9 other siblings were born into slavery with no clear escape. Early on Harriet's family was severed when three of her sisters were sold to another plantation. Not long after a trader tried to buy Harriet's youngest brother but her mother managed to convince them otherwise. Her mother’s independence is what inspired Harriet to stand up for herself and her beliefs.
When Harriet was in her adolescence she was out running an errand when she came across another slave who had left the fields
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She would take groups of around sixteen at a time and claimed that she could have taken more had they known that they were slaves. Slavery was all that they knew so they couldn’t see the bad in it. She would let them go to Canada on their own once they reached the Underground Railroad. She worked leading slaves to freedom for eight years and she was also a nurse, soldier, scout, a spy in the American Civil War and she fought for women's rights. During the Civil War, she was the first women to lead a raid and it freed about 750 slaves. It takes really powerful leadership and organization skills to be able to save so many people. She could convince slaves who she didn’t know to trust and follow …show more content…
She was selfless and risked her life to save others. She survived through slavery, isolation, abuse and harsh racism. When there was a bump in the road, she drove around it. She had a great sense of direction and was very motivational. If one of the people that she was freeing got too tired and insisted that they couldn't go on, she convinced them that it was worth it to keep trying.
I personally believe that Harriet Tubman is one of the most influential leaders to have walked the earth. To be half the leader that she was would be hard to accomplish. She worked hard and devoted her life to helping others. She was even nicknamed “Moses” for her heroic acts.
In the future I hope to be a marriage counsellor and in order to be good at my job I will have to improve upon my assurance skills. If I am to help people, they have to believe that I can do so. Harriet could make people trust her easily. They did what she said and it benefitted them, there is a similar concept in counselling. I also admire her patience and perseverance. If people doubted her she was patient with them and convinced them to keep fighting. In relationship counselling, the first tactic that I try to help them with may not always work so I will have to be able to convince them to keep trying other things. Harriet also knew when enough was enough and this is important as well. When she felt as though her guidance was no longer necessary, she
Secondly, she found out many things. She even went undercover while walking the streets she turned herself into an older woman to spy and scout. She wanted freedom for all of her people, others joined as well. She snuck tons and tons of slaves to gain their freedom. But the thing is, if you get caught, you would be hanged. That did not scare them though, they rather die fighting for their freedom than just standing there and letting them push them around. She had been through slavery and didn’t want anyone else to go through it either.
She nursed people who were sick, aged, epileptic, blind, paralyzed and deserted. Harriet Tubman did many great things in her life, but the most important thing was her great
ow Harriett Became Who She Was Harriett Tubman was always there for people. She didn’t just stand up for herself she stood up for others too. Harriet once said “I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.” She wanted to make other people’s lives better. She was willing to risk her like just to make others better. This is what made her such a great person in America’s history. Harriett Tubman was one of the most important people in history. She had saved many lives and made a huge impact on slavery. Harriett brought 1,000s of slaves out of slavery. She risked her life just to make others better. She only did that because she knew how miserable her life was when she was a slave and didn’t want other
” Harriet's accomplishments were a source of inspiration for others to join the abolitionist movement. Despite facing discrimination due to her race and gender, Harriet became the only woman to lead a military
She even jeopardized her own safety to help guide all these people. Because of all these reasons, she inspires and motivates many people to be an activist and fight for something that someone may believe in. “She continues to inspire generations of Americans struggling for civil rights with her bravery and bold action” (Biography.com). This shows that Harriet Tubman still today encourages everyone to stand up for a cause that may be important to anyone. It is essential to defend human rights because it is not fair to be enslaved and treated poorly because of your skin color. Everyone should be free and have equal rights. It is also important to stand up for what you believe in, even if it means going against the law.
Harriet Tubman was a great person who leads slaves to freedom! She was a conductor. For example, she saved people that were slaves (over 200 people). She was also a brave person and a strong one too because she had gone around to many people to save them from being a slave. I bet you can’t do that, can you.
After making it to freedom she would go back to help the rest of the other slave’s escape. She was always looking out for others, even if it meant facing ugly consequences. As a young girl Harriet noticed a runaway slave trying to escape from his owner. She quickly blocked a doorway from the slave owner to help give the slave enough time to get away. The overseer picked up and threw a metal weight at the run away slave, but instead of hitting him, it hit her.
Harriet Tubman is probably the most famous “conductor” of all the Underground Railroads. Throughout a 10-year span, Tubman made more than 20 trips down to the South and lead over 300 slaves from bondage to freedom. Perhaps the most shocking fact about Tubman’s journeys back and forth from the South was that she “never lost a single passenger.”
This is how Harriet Tubman even as a child, helped a slave reach freedom and it was a big part of what inspired her to gain her own freedom and want to help other slaves escape. Even though Harriet Tubman was never taught to read or write she was very strong willed, religious and smart and she believed that people had the right to be free and did not think it was right to beat people just because they did not have white skin. Harriet was determined to be free and help others, “she would become a beacon of hope to other slaves, “Moses” helping to set her people free”. (Harriet Tubman Moses of the Underground Railroad 23)
She took trips twice a year to free slaves. In one trip she had too many slaves and was turned down by save houses. But she didn't give up, she pushed them to keep walking even when they all wanted to go home. She risked her life to help slaves escape and start a new life. She showed great kindness when she was taking these slaves to Canada.
Harriet Tubman is well known for a successful role in freeing many slaves through the Underground Railroad. Not many know the major effect she had on the Union Army as a Scout and a spy during the Civil War. Her bravery while helping slaves escape through the Underground Railroad and her assistance in gathering Confederate troops intelligence as a spy changed the history and made a great impact on the on the United States National Defense. Even though Harriet Tubman was a very skillful spy, she had many indicators that were missed while she was spied for intelligence and reported the material which were compromised to her handler.
Many people throughout history have had an impact on America today. During the civil rights era, a long list of people took part in actions that shaped America 's ideas of slavery and racism. Harriet Tubman was one of those people and her actions had a huge impact on the U.S. She contributed to the abolishment by leading thousands of slaves to freedom. Harriet Tubman was a Civil Rights rebel who was born into slavery, took a stand for the freedom of all people through the Underground Railroad, and left a lasting impact on freedom in America.
Harriet Tubman was a poor slave girl who ran away from her plantation at the age of 28. Throughout the course of her life many people and many things challenged her. Each situation she was faced with tested either her mental or physical strength, usually both. She persevered through all of her trials stronger and wiser, and was willing to always help others through their own. Not one to instigate unless extremely necessary, Harriet was known for her quick thinking and her reactions to each ordeal she was faced with. She responded to them with a sharp mind, and strong faith in deliverance through the Lord.
She decided to become a conductor on the infamous Underground Railroad, where people from the south would runaway to freedom in the north. She rescued her sister, her nieces, brother, and her parents.
Because she was an abolitionist, had other jobs doing good things, and nothing stopping her from doing anything, Harriet Tubman sets a heroic example. Harriet wasn’t necessitated to free slaves or work for the Union Army, she decided to do that on her own. Harriet always had a job to do and every job she had basically helped someone else in some kind of way. In 2016, The U.S Treasury announced that Harriet Tubman will soon appear on the $20 bill replacing Andrew Jackson. Thanks to her, many people were able to live their lives free and well. We also now know what it is to fight for what we think is