This Comparative book review examines the works of biographer Beverly Lowry and historian Catherine Clinton. Lowry wrote, Harriet Tubman: Imagining a Life. Clinton wrote, Harriet Tubman: Road to Freedom. Both authors recognized the significance of Tubman as a historical figure, but each author chose a different way to communicate that significances. For example, Lowry writes with a great amount of creativity. At times, her tone is sentimental and nostalgic, but she seems to make assumptions instead of stating facts based on research. Throughout her book, Lowry uses words such as “perhaps” and “maybe.” Where in contrast, Clinton states her argument as matter-of-factly, based more on facts and events. Clinton states, “She wrote the book about Tubman, in the hopes of humanizing her, by letting people see her as a real person in addition to a historic icon figure.” In Clinton writings she distinguishes speculation from fact.
Beverly Lowry: Harriet Tubman: Imagining a Life “Beverly Lowry: (Biographer) Harriet Tubman: Imagining a Life, Lowry creates a portrait within her writing of Tubman that the reader can vividly imagined. Lowry writes, “catch her on the fly” and portrays Tubman’s life as she herself might have presented it. “Lowry offers readers an intimate look at Tubman's early life firsthand: her birth as Araminta Ross in 1822 in
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The way Lowry describes Harriet Tubman character was incredible. Tubman was clearly a woman of deep faith, conviction, and courage. Lowry goes beyond the familiar tales to create a portrait of Tubman, her sentences soared with such beautiful poetic overtones and passion. Lowry clearly brings a crystal view image in her narrative, which produces vivid scenes of Tubman’s life as she (might well have) lived it. Beverly Lowry: Imagining a life, tells her story with emotion, passion, and a little melodramatic in her writing style, which suggests she had a great affection for
Michele Alexander writes a Foreword in Becoming Ms. Burton, where she makes a bold comparison after explaining an unidentified woman: “Some people know this woman by the name Harriet Tubman. I know her as Susan” (xi). Alexander compares Susan Burton to Underground Railroad heroine, Harriet Tubman. Over the course of the Foreword, it covers what Susan Burton does, how she is helping many individuals, and essentially saving lives of those in need, much like Harriet Tubman did. This comparison is crucial in setting up the idea of how special Susan Burton is, before revealing any major information about her life. Alexander, by putting Ms. Burton next to such an important and inspirational historical figure, gives the readers’ and idea of how incredible Susan is. Throughout the book, the reader can go back to the comparison made by Alexander, and see how accurate it truly is.
During the Civil War, two figures helped put an end to slavery. These two people were Abraham Lincoln and Harriet Tubman. However, they are much different from each other than others know. For example, Tubman risked her life rescuing slaves, while Lincoln helped end slavery through politics.
Imagine people giving up and not trying hard because they are too lazy or think it’s too hard. If everyone gave up when they got tired of it then we wouldn’t have a lot of things that we have today. There are many themes in “John Henry” and Harriet Tubman: Guide to freedom, but the most prevalent theme is never give up. In “John Henry” he has to beat a machine to see who has more power man or machines. In “Harriet Tubman: Guide to Freedom” she leads eleven slaves to Canada. If you ask me eleven slaves is a lot of people or if you think you can beat a big machine that puts railroad spikes in, think again.
Slavery is a disappointing example of inhuman behavior, a dark past in our history books. Two stories demonstrate the cruelty of slavery while living on a plantation. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the underground railroad and “The People Could Fly” give two different encounters on the topic of slavery. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the underground railroad is a biography and “The People Could Fly” is a historical fiction. Both would make one wonder, what is there to live for when freedom does not exist in your life? The two different genres of books are able to give readers an understanding of how heart-wrenching and depressing life of a slave was. Both show the family of slaves taking care of one another. They show the fatherhood even though the slaves are going through harsh conditions, the way the story is told and what kind of story it is, and the secret language that the slaves have.
In a few different ways the authors represented Harriet Tubman as a very fascinating women in writing these articles. The first way would be, how both authors explained how she helped the north retrieve some of the slaves using the “Underground Railroad”. Both authors also both explained how all she wanted was to be free and other slaves
I'm doing my book report on Harriet Tubman by Ann Petry. It was first published in 1855.This story occurs during slavery in the 18200s. The main character is Harriet Tubman. There are seven lesser main characters. First is Harriet Greene, who is Harriet Tubman's mother. Next is Benjamin Ross, Harriet's (Tubman) father. Then is Edward Brodas, Harriet's (and her families) master. After that is John Tubman, Harriet(Tubman)'s ex-husband. Nelson Davis is Harriet's husband. John Browley is Harriet(Tubman)'s brother in law. Finally is Mary Browley, Harriet's(Tubman) sister.
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).
Harriet Tubman was like a conductor on a train. Running the underground railroad to free innocent slaves from certain neglect. What do people think when they hear the name Harriet Tubman. some might think of her as a dirty black others might call her a hero, or moses. Harriet Tubman was a very brave, and courageous woman. In this paper we will explore the childhood, life of slavery, and how she came to be known as the women called moses.
James A. McGowan and William C. Kashatus the authors of Harriet Tubman :A biography focused on telling the remarkable story of Harriet Tubman the biography tells the story about her early years as young Arminta Ross, how she escape slavery, her duties as the Underground Railroad Conductor, and her roles in the Civil War. I feel like the authors purpose of writing this books was to educate and inform readers about the times of Harriet Tubman and what she had to endure and also to give a understanding on why Harriet Tubman is so legendary amongst the time she lived and why she still is today.
(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 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
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.
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
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
Harriet Tubman started off as a lowly thrall, but died a remarkable hero. Harriet Tubman wasn’t her real name, her birth name was Minty Ross. It was important for her to change her name because she was an escaped thrall trying to help other thralls gain their freedom. So she needed a new identity. Harriet was around twenty-seven when she escaped vassalage. Harriet joined a secret network known as the Underground Railroad to unrestrained thralls. Soon after Harriet became a spy for the Civil War, from there she became a Civil War wellness solicitude craftswoman. After the war, she was a caregiver for the rest of her life. I was asked to define Harriet Tubman’s greatest consummation. I will also rank her consummations by the amount of risk, the amount of people she helped, and the amount of time the consummation took. My definition of greatest consummation means a skill or effort given with an interest above average. Harriet Tubman’s life is full of many accomplishments. Here, I have rated them from the most important. In my personal point of view, her greatest consummation was being a Civil War spy, her second greatest consummation was being a conductor on the Underground Railroad and lastly, her third greatest consummation was being a Civil War wellness solicitude craftswoman and caregiver.