Letter Of The Letter By Harriet Tubman

The death of her master in 1847, followed by the death of his young son and heir in 1849, made Tubman's status uncertain. Amid rumors that the family's slaves would be sold to settle the estate, Tubman fled to the North and found freedom. But when there, in Philadelphia, she grew terribly lonely. She worked for the year and saved her money, determined to bring "her people" to freedom, as well. In 1850 Harriet helped her first slaves escape: her sister and her sisters two children. That

Harriet Tubman was among the greatest fighters for justice in her time and was an inspiration to others to fight for what they believe in, but she along with many others who fight experienced it themselves. When she was younger, “She knew that her brothers and sisters, her father and mother, and all the other people who lived in the quarter, men, women and children, were slaves. At the same time, someone had taught her where to look for the North Star, the star that stayed constant, not rising in the east and setting in the west as the other stars appeared to do; and told her that anyone walking toward the North could use that star as a guide. She knew about fear, too. Sometimes at night, or during the day, she heard the furious galloping of horses, not just one horse, several horses, thud of the hoofbeats along the road, jingle of harness. She saw the grown folks freeze into stillness, not moving, scarcely breathing, while they listened. She could not remember who first told her that those furious hoofbeats meant the patrollers were going past, in pursuit of a runaway. Only the slaves said patterollers, whispering the word” (Petry). Living with her family as a slave, she learned all the things she needed to know to do her job in the future as the conductor of the Underground Railroad, she learned about the North star, and she learned about how you should not get caught by the patrollers. Perturbed by the thought of the fate of her family and her future, she escaped to Philadelphia but “Rather than remaining in the safety of the North, Tubman made it her mission to rescue her family and others living in slavery via the Underground Railroad” (Biography.com editors). She made it her mission to save others and take

The world was blessed with Harriet Tubman in 1822 on the eastern shore of Maryland. Unfortunately, Tubman was born into this world as a slave and lived on a plantation with her family, which consisted of four brothers and four sisters. Her parents named her Araminta “Minty” Ross but soon, with the coming of age, she changed her name from Araminta to Harriet taking after her mother, Harriett Greene. At the age of 12 Harriet Ross was seriously injured by a blow to the head, inflicted by a white overseer, or a person who supervises others, for refusing to assist in tying

In 1849, Tubman set her mind of escaping to the north. On September 17, 1849, Tubman with her two brothers, Ben and Harry, left Maryland. After seeing runaway notice offering $300, Ben and Harry had reconsiderations and returned to the plantation. Tubman, with her strong will, continued to escape nearly 90 miles to Philadelphia for her freedom using the secret network known as the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was neither a rail road nor underground. The routes taken at night to were called “lines” and at places they stopped to rest were called “stationed”. “Conductors” such as Harriet Tubman and Quaker Thomas used their knowledge and luck to securely free slaves from slave states to the Free states. (Biography, 2017) As she cross the state line into Pennsylvania she recalled “When I found I had crossed that line, I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything; the sun came like gold through the trees, and over the fields, and I felt like I was in Heaven”

     Tubman spent years after the war in the north, where she continued to work on black rights, and she raised funds to assist former slaves with food, shelter, and education. She was not able to read or write, but in 1869 her friend Sarah Bradford helped her out with a biography, so that her achiecements could be an inspiration to others.

For my book report I choose to read Harriet Tubman by Rebecca Price Janney. Harriet Tubman is a great inspiration to all people with her motivation and passion to free all slaves. One of Harriet's many famous quotes is “I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.” That famous quote just proves how determined she was. From this book I learned that with great determination , passion, and trust in the Lord you can and will achieve great things.

Harriet Tubman was a second generation slave born in the 1820s in Dorchester County, Maryland. She was born a slave. Her birth name was Aramita Ross, her nicknames were Minty, Moses, and Moses Of Her People. She was one of eleven children in her family. Her parents were Harriet Green, nicknamed “Old Rit” and Benjamin Ross. They were believed to be full blooded African Americans, Ashanti West African war people. Harriet’s owner, Edward Brodas, was a plantation owner and often rented Harriet out to neighboring families. At age 7 she was sent to take care of a baby, she tried to eat a sugar cube, but got caught, she ran and hid. After a few days hunger got the best of

Harriet Tubman was born in 1820 in Maryland. Her parents were born as slaves and the name they gave her when she was born was Araminta Ross. She had four brothers and three sisters. Her four brother’s name are Ben Ross, Robert Ross, Henry Ross, and Moses Ross and her two sister’s name are Mariah Ritty Ross and Linah Ross. Her early job is being a nursemaid at other households and she gets beaten up by the masters when she experienced physical violence and had permanent injuries from her abuse. She also suffered a traumatic head injury that caused dizziness, pain, and spells of hypersomnia that happened throughout her life. In 1844, She married a free black man named John Tubman, but then he was in loved with another woman and in 1849 she escaped

Harriet Tubman is a woman of faith and dignity who saved many African American men and women through courage and love for God. One would ponder what would drive someone to bring upon pain and suffering to one’s self just to help others. Harriet Tubman was an African American women that took upon many roles during her time just as abolitionist, humanitarian, and a Union Spy during the American civil war. Her deeds not only saved lives during these terrible time’s but also gave other African Americans the courage to stand up for what they believe in and achieve equal rights for men in women in the world no

that made the impossible, possible. Harriet Tubman, dedicated her life to freeing slaves and part

(Harriet Tubman was originally born Araminta Ross and then later changed her first name to Harriet, after her mother.) In 1849, Tubman ran away in fear that she, along with many other slaves on the plantation were going to be sold off. Harriet Tubman left on foot. Luckily, Tubman was given some assistance from a white woman, and was able to set off on her journey to freedom. Tubman used the North Star in order to find her direction during the night, slowly inching her way to Pennsylvania. Once Tubman had reached Pennsylvania, she found a job and began to save her money. The following year after arriving to Philadelphia, Tubman returned to Maryland and to lead her family to freedom. Among the people she took was her sister and her sister’s two children. Tubman was able to make the same dangerous trips months later back to the South to rescue her brother and two other men that her brother knew. On Tubman’s third return to the South to rescue her husband, she found that he had found another wife. Undeterred by her husband’s actions, she rescued other slaves wanting freedom and lead them Northward.

Harriet Tubman was born near Dorchester County, MD. Her birth name was Araminta Ross. She was given the nick-name of “Minty”. Her date of birth is uncertain, but sometime around the 1820’s. She was whipped as a child if she woke up and cried.When she was a child, she was rented to a slave owner and she caught measles. Later, she was beaten with a metal object and suffered a head injury. Later in life she would suffer from seizures and would see visions which, as a Christian, she claimed were from God, like

Harriet’s first work as a slave began when she was six when a man named Mr. Brodas hired her out to a woman named Mrs. Cook who was a weaver. Harriet helped her wind the yarn because the air had fuzz and lint. Harriet couldn’t concentrate and Mrs. Cook got mad. The next woman Harriet worked for when she was seven was named Miss Susan. Harriet Tubman had to watch Miss Susan’s baby. If there were the slightest cry from the baby Miss Susan would whip Harriet. Harriet had trouble staying awake and if she fell asleep the baby would begin to cry. After this, she was hired back to Mr.

The second contribution of Harriet Tubman is that she was a conductor in the Underground Railroad, a network of antislavery activists who helped slaves escape from the south. On her first trip in 1850, Tubman bought her sister and her sister’s two children out of slavery in Maryland. In 1851, she helped her brother out of slavery, and in 1857 she returned to Maryland to guide her old parents back to freedom. Overall Tubman made about nineteen trips to the south and guided about three hundred slaves to freedom. But during those travels Tubman faced great danger in order not to get caught she would use disguises and carries a sleeping powder to stop babies from crying and also always carried a pistol in case one of the people back out once the journey has begun( Strawberry 1).

Secondly, Tubman was courageous. She escaped the harsh slave owners alone while only knowing very little about the underground railroad. It would take amazing bravery to leave knowing the consequences of being found. Yet, she did it alone while she was fairly young. Getting to the north didn’t stop her bravery, for she would put her life on the line many more times in her