Persuasive Essay On Harriet Tubman

Harriet’s bravery played a huge role in her escape. If she wasn't brave she would’ve never been able to stand up to her bigger stronger brothers when they told her not to run for the north. If she didn’t have bravery she would have never left the plantation to make it to the north. She also had to be brave when she was making it to house to house  without being

Probably the most re-known civil rights movement was the struggle for former slaves to attain freedom. Among these slaves was one who not only freed herself, but also freed a numerous amount of other slaves that she encountered. This woman is known to us all as Harriet Tubman, but was known by the slaves as a “saint” who helped them get their freedom. As said by Richard in Black Boy, “My life as a Negro in America had led me to feel...that the problem of humanity was more important than bread, more important than physical living itself; for I felt that without a common

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

Throughout coal country during the early 1900's you could find the fiery spirited Mother Jones; a union organizer for the United Mine Workers. Mother Jones fought tirelessly to bring together the ‘rank-and-file miners' in order to improve their working conditions, wages, and give them a voice in the workplace. What made Mother Jones the most feared woman in the 1900's was her power of conviction. Her speeches were extremely moving, which called men to action, and if her energy and passion were not enough she would embarrass them, calling their manliness into question. Mother Jones was so moving she was also able to call the mothers and children of the mineworkers to aid in their efforts. She was one of the most successful union organizers

Mother Jones was a kind person who helped fight for child labor laws. The text states, “Nationwide, eighty thousand children worked in the textile industry. In the South, Mother Jones had seen how dangerous their jobs were. Barefooted little girls and boys reached their tiny hands into the treacherous machinery to repair snapped threads or crawled underneath the machinery to oil it. At textile union headquarters, Mother Jones met more of these mill children. Their bodies were bone-thin, with hollow chests. Their shoulders were rounded from long hours spent hunched over the workbenches. Even worse, she saw ‘some with their hands off, some with the thumb missing, some with their fingers off at the knuckles’—victims of mill accidents” (Pinkerton Josephson). This shows the struggle the children had to go through in the factories. Mother Jones wanted to fight for their rights just because she wanted justice for the children. Pinkerton Josephson says, “Mother Jones, now seventy-three, gathered a large group of mill children and their parents. She led them on a one-mile march from Philadelphia’s Independence Square to its courthouse lawn. Mother Jones and a few

History is filled with stories of dedicated human rights activists that risked their lives to fight for what they believe in. Three good examples of human rights activists that never gave up are Melba Pattillo Beals, Mahatma Gandhi, and Mother Jones. Melba Pattillo Beals and Gandhi actively worked in fighting for racial equality while Mother Jones worked to improve children’s and workers’ rights. These determined human rights activists never gave up when fighting to improve the rights of persecuted people facing discrimination.

This shows Mother Jones immense kindness by helping children without cause, just because she loved children. Mother Jones loved children and when she went to see the mill children she saw that “Their bodies were bone-thin, with hollow chests. Their shoulders were rounded from long hours spent hunched over the workbenches”(Josephson). This shows the horrible conditions the mill children had to endure before Mother Jones’s March of the Mill Children. After the march had failed due to the president being unwilling to the mill children Josephson noted: “Though she had not met with the president, Mother Jones had drawn the attention of the nation to the problem of child labor”(Josephson). This proves that even though Mother Jones march was not successful it had grabbed the attention of the public and made the public realize the problems the mill children were facing. Mother Jones was able to get the attention of the public by marching with the mill children to the president, although they were not able to meet with the president her efforts were not in vain and it started the long journey to child labor laws just because of her kind nature.

Harriet not only had dream but she was determined to stand up for what she had believed. Harriet was a brave young girl who had escaped slavery at a young age and wanted to help others get out of that life just as she did, and that's what I am going to be telling you today.

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 born a slave to Harriet Green and Ben Ross. Harriet Tubman was a slave who saved more than three hundred slaves to freedom. She guided them to freedom because, Harriet thought every abolitionist should be free.

In the book, Harriet Tubman the Road to Freedom, Catherine Clinton writes about the struggles and hardships Harriet Tubman faced in her early life as a slave. Clinton writes about Tubman’s journey to freedom and how she became the Moses of her people, as well as how Tubman played a major role in the United States Civil War. Catherine Clinton majored in African American studies, at Harvard University. Clinton decided to write about Harriet Tubman because she felt that Harriet Tubman was an important figure that needed to be recognized. Clinton felt as if she needed to give Harriet Tubman her overdue credit.

There were 884 million doctor’s visits in the US alone in 2014, another 125 million counting hospital visits. It is clear that society trusts the doctors and nurses that it employs to uphold high standards to carry on with the task of saving lives. Our society doesn’t blink an eye and puts all its faith into doctors without question. Society assumes that all doctors are good and ignores the potential of an immoral doctor. A study conducted by the NCBI showed that 90% of all medical students have witnessed an unethical medical practice performed by the doctors that society had trusted. This means that if you had any doctor’s visits in the last few years, most likely you were a victim of an unethical practice. This is the situation that Henrietta Lacks faced at John Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s. Rebecca Skloot details the accounts of mistreatment and abuse that followed Henrietta Lacks in her novel The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Henrietta Lacks was an African American mother seeking cancer treatment at John Hopkins Hospitals, who ended up to be one of the biggest medical discoveries at the time. Doctors at the hospital discovered the power of her cells and in doing so abused and misuse Henrietta Lacks in the process, which ultimately led to her death. Although Henrietta Lack’s cells proved to beneficial to millions of people, the misconduct performed by the doctors is uncalled for and violates the oath that every doctor had sworn to. There is no

Mother Jones believed that working children needed more pay and less harsh working conditions. Josephson says, “In countless shacks and shanties across the country, she had tied the shoes of children, wiped their noses, hugged them while they cried, scrambled to find food for them, fought for their rights” (Mother Jones: Fierce Fighter for Workers’ Rights). Jones may not have lived through the conditions Chavez or Watson had, but she was still just as passionate and devoted activist as any other. At one point, Mother Jones made an important decision, “She and the textile union leaders would stage their own tour. They would march the mill children all the way to the president of the United States—Theodore Roosevelt. Mother Jones wanted the president to get Congress to pass a law that would take children out of the mills,

"If a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, then he hasn't got a reason to live." These were famous words of the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., spoken June 23, 1963 in Detroit, Michigan.

Mother Jones showed determination and grit while trying to fight for child laborers. She marched halfway across the country to change the way children were being treated in the workplace. Mother Jones helped kids tie their shoes, she blew their nose and even gave kids' food. She loved kids and was heartbroken when she saw them in such poor condition (Josephson). Mother Jones was motivated to fight for justice when she saw kids working long hours under poor conditions. Some children had lost limbs and fingers from their dangerous jobs. She was also a teacher and loved kids in general. Throughout the time Mother Jones was trying to help child laborers she showed tremendous determination and never gave up the fight. Judith Josephson states, “Mother Jones had written the president twice with no answer. On July 29, she took three young boys to Sagamore Hill, where the president was staying” (Josephson). Most people would give up after being refused of something once, however Mother Jones continued to letter and try to get hold of the president in any form possible. Mother Jones marched all the across the country and never