When slaves were being sold they would inspect the buyers. A slave would size up their possible future master and determine based on their demeanor and appearance, whether or not he would be a good master. Once the slave got its intel on the buyer he or she would manipulate their physical traits to make the buyer more or less interested in the purchase. Some of the most well known slaves are; Harriet Tubman, George Carver, and Frederick Douglass.
Harriet Tubman was notable and admired while she was alive, and even after she passed she was an American icon. Tubman was born into slavery and escaped in the north only to become the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad. She also led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad that led to the free state of Pennsylvania. A survey was taken at the end of the 20th century naming her as one of the most famous civilians in American history before the Civil War (qtd. in H.T.B.). Not only does this show that she was a well known slave, it shows that she cared about her people and she would do anything to help them. …show more content…
Carver became free and orphaned as an infant at the same time his mother was kidnapped by slave raiders. According to the article, “George Washington Carver”, “Carvers research and innovative educational extension programs were aimed at inducing farmers to utilize available resources.” (qtd.in Mcmurry, Linda) Carver achieved international fame in not only political circles, but in professional circles as well. A project was started to create a national monument in Carver’s honor, and when it was finished it became the first national monument dedicated to an African-American. Most white people did not like black people but that did not stop black people from