In the 1800鈥檚 when slaves and slavery were a common household term, there was one slave who was going to change the course of U.S. history and slavery due to her courage and determination to become a free woman. This woman was Harriet Tubman. Her escape from freedom and courageous work on the running of the Underground Railroad inspired many to escape from slavery and seek a life that slaves never had the chance to live. Harriet Tubman was a female suffragist, slave, and conductor of the Underground Railroad, who without her help, U.S. history may have never seen the end to slavery.
In the peak of the international slave trade, Araminta Ross (Harriet Tubman) was born into a family who lived on a plantation in Maryland, which was a state that had not outlawed slavery, so Harriet was forced to be a slave. From a young age Harriet was needed in the house to do various chores. By her early thirties Harriet Tubman had grown tired of being controlled in every aspect of her life, so she decided to what many thought was impossible, to escape from her owners plantation, and flea to the north.
In the early 1840鈥檚 Araminta Ross married a free man whose name was John Tubman and took the name Harriet Tubman which is how she is known today. Fearing that she was going to be sold into another plantation Harriet decided to run away to Pennsylvania which had outlawed slavery at the time. Her husband was too scared to go with her so she took her two
brothers and set off on a mission of freedom. Using the North Star as her guide to freedom she reached Philadelphia but along the way her brothers became extremely scared and turned back around half way there. Once Harriet reached Pennsylvania she became a servant for a house in and saved up enough earnings to help more slaves escape to freedom through the Underground Railroad. Her determination and thoughts of freedom pushed her to rebel against her owners and seek the freedom that she and her family deserved. Once she was free, Harriet was about to do the impossible.
While working as a conductor of the Underground Railroad Harriet put herself and the slaves she was leading in great danger. Leading slaves to freedom could have her put to death, have the slaves she was leading put back into the plantations that once owned them, or they could have been killed. Over the course of ten years Harriet made over 19 trips through the slave states and freed more than 300 slaves. She was never once caught in her actions. At one point in time there was a reward for $40,000 for her capture and return to Maryland. Harriet was a fearless leader, who without her help many African American slaves would have not gained the freedom that they had deserved.
The Civil War had tensions between the Confederate army and the Union army at an all time high. Tubman was sent to work in the Union army, mainly as a spy for the army. While in the Civil War, Harriet led many slaves to freedom and also destroyed the Confederate army鈥檚 supplies. Harriet Tubman lived almost a century after the Civil War ended and continued to fight for an end to slavery and also she tried gaining supports for women鈥檚 rights in the United States.
This is what I have so far. Its suppossed to be a paper focusing on Harriet Tubman and how she was a rebel. Not a biography, but I had to explain most of the events that made her a rebel.
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This is edited to show some of Harriet Tubman's rebellious nature.
In the 1800鈥檚 when slaves and slavery were a common household term, there was one slave who was going to change the course of U.S. history and slavery due to her courage and determination to become a free woman. This woman was Harriet Tubman. She was a rebel when in came to rer escape from slavery. She was courageous when she ran the Underground Railroad. It resulted in many blacks who escaped from slavery. Ms. Tubman sought a life that slaves never had. She utilized her life as as a suffragette and conductor of the Underground Railroad to provide opportunities to Black slaves for a life in freedom. Without her help, U.S. history may have never seen an end to slavery.
At the peak of the international slave trade, Harriet Tubman was born into a family who lived on a plantation in Maryland. It was a state that favored slavery, and in Maryland she was forced to be a slave. From a young age, Ms. Tubman Harriet was needed in the house for various chores. By her early thirties she had grown tired of being controlled in every aspect of her life. She then decided to what many thought was impossible, to escape from her owners plantation, and flea to the north.
In the early 1840鈥檚 Harriet Tubman married a free man whose name was John Tubman. Fearing that she was going to be sold into another plantation, she decided to run away to Pennsylvania, a state that outlawed slavery. Her husband was too scared to go with her so she took her two brothers and set off on a mission of freedom. Using the North Star as her guide, she reached Philadelphia. However along the way, her brothers became extremely scared and turned back around half way there. Once she reached Pennsylvania she became a servant for a house. She saved up enough of her earnings to help more slaves escape to freedom through the Underground Railroad. Her determination and thoughts of freedom pushed her to rebel against her owners when she was free.
While working as a conductor for the Underground Railroad, she herself and the slaves she was transporting in danger. Leading slaves to freedom could have put her to death. At the time, she was leading slaves back into the plantations that had once owned them. Over the course of ten years, Harriet Tubman made over nineteen trips through the slave states and freed more than 300 slaves. She was never caught in her actions. At one point in time, there was a reward for $40,000 for her capture and return to Maryland. Harriet was a fearless woman. Withhout her help many African American slaves would have not been living in freedom..
The Civil War had tensions between the Confederate army and the Union army at an all time high. Tubman was sent to work in the Union army, mainly as a spy for the army. While in the Civil War, Harriet led many slaves to freedom and also destroyed the Confederate army鈥檚 supplies. Harriet Tubman lived almost a century after the Civil War ended and continued to fight for an end to slavery and also she tried gaining supports for women鈥檚 rights in the United States.
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