...As Harriet Tubman once said, “ Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, patience, and the passion to reach for the stars and change the world”. Tubman was born into slavery, and at the age of five was hired to do childcare. When Tubman got older, she decided to try and escape slavery and although it was very challenging, Harriet escaped and made it her life's work to help others escape slavery to. Harriet Tubman was a nurse, the creator of the Underground railroad, a spy, and a caregiver. Although all of the things Harriet did in her life were good things, there was one that was the greatest, meaning the riskiest, the most time consuming, and helped the most people and that was the Underground...
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...Harriet Tubman Biography From Slavery to Freedom: Underground Railroad Conductor, Abolitionist, Women's Rights Advocate by Jone Johnson Lewis [Harriet Tubman] tried to persuade her brothers to escape [slavery] with her, but ended up leaving alone, making her way to Philadelphia, and freedom. Harriet Tubman Courtesy Library of Congress The year after Harriet Tubman's [arrival in the North, she decided to return to Maryland to free her sister and her sister's family. Over the next 12 years, she returned 18 or 19 more times, bringing a total of more than 300 slaves out of slavery. Harriet Tubman's organizing ability was key to her success -- she had to work with supporters on the clandestine Underground Railroad, as well as get messages to the slaves, since she met them away from their plantations to avoid detection. They usually left on a Saturday evening, as the Sabbath might delay anyone noticing their absence for another day, and if anyone did note their flight, the Sabbath would certainly delay anyone from organizing an effective pursuit or publishing a reward. Harriet Tubman was only about five feet tall, but she was smart and she was strong -- and she carried a long rifle. She used the rifle not only to intimidate pro-slavery people they might meet, but also to keep any of the slaves from backing out. She threatened any who seemed like they were about to leave, telling them that "dead Negroes tell no tales." A slave who returned from one of these trips could betray...
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...around and said, over his shoulder, ‘I am going back.” Harriet Tubman showed so much bravery through her life, in this situation she would not let others leave because it would risk freedom for everyone. She would risk her life for the sake of others during a rough time in America’s history. The theme of this short story is that helping others can impact the future. The author of, “Harriet Tubman: The Conductor on the Underground Railroad,” by Ann Petry uses literary elements to create a relatable theme, because it teaches a lesson about history and inspirers people to commit the correct actions. One way Harriet Tubman impacted the future is...
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...Tubman had the great impact to change the world. Tubman changed the world by escaping from slavery. She helped many slaves attain their freedom by means of the Underground Railroad, a secret complex of routes and safe houses to support runaway slaves. In life, she helped John Brown plan his invade on Harper's Ferry and helped the Union army during the Civil War as a guide, spy, and nurse.When Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery, she helped many slaves to escape. She led them safely throughout their journey. It was very unsafe to be a runaway slave. There would be reward capture. Whenever she used to help the slave for freedom, she used to put herself in danger first. Tubman used made a network known as the Underground Railroad to travel nearly 90 miles to Philadelphia. For...
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...Slavery was one of the biggest factors of life in the 1800’s. Slaves impacted just about every aspect of an American's lifestyle in one way or another. When Americans realized that if they wanted to produce more money growing crops, they were going to need some more help. It is estimated that 12.5 million slaves came over seas on the slave trade, and only 10.7 million survived. And of those 10.7 slaves that survived, only around 388,000 came to North America. The ones that didn’t come to the states went to the Caribbean and elsewhere. Slaves from Yyesteryear are affecting lives for Americans now. Everything from the south and the Confederate flag, to white and black racial tensions, to the black lives matter movement, all have roots stemming from the slaves and the slave trade. Some of the most...
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...Did you know that Harriet Tubman will soon be the face of the $20 bill? To accomplish this, she risked her own life by freeing slaves and fighting for rights as the conductor of the Underground Railroad. She was motivated and had a strong character, she was a true hero, and she impacted history. If it weren’t for Tubman's motivation and determined personality many slaves would have never known freedom. According to History.com Tubman was, "born a slave on Maryland's Eastern shore, she endured the harsh existence of a field hand, including brutal beatings." This shows why Tubman was so motivated to be free. After being a slave for approximately 29 years she had escaped (biography.com). The amazing part is that she wasn't satisfied with her own freedom, she wanted everyone to be free. She constantly said, "Mah people mus' go free." -History.com. She wanted everyone to know freedom so badly that she freed more and more...
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...were born in Africa. Some time in her time at the plantation she changed her name from Araminta to Harriet, though it is unknown when. Tubman suffered under the bonds of slavery when in 1844 she discovered that legally she wasn’t a slave because her mother was freed by her last owner. Tubman’s lawyer advised her not to press the case because she waited too long for the court to consider the case. Know she was technically free made Tubman long for freedom. Around this same time, she married a free black man, John Tubman, their marriage quickly ended when he threatened to sell her down stream in the deep south. Tubman fled the South by the Underground Railroad, which was a string of abolitionist willing to help slaves escape to freedom. However, Tubman would return to the South repeatedly to lead escaping slaves to safety. For her actions, she was nicknamed Moses by working slaves, this referred to the book of Exodus in the Old Testament of the Bible how God sends Moses to bring the Israelites out of slavery and into the promised land. As the start of the Civil War crept up, Tubman was already helping John Brown with his plans, she would have gone along to the skirmish, but she fell ill. Tubman seemed to be known by everyone and at the heart of the Union. She served as a spy, nurse, army scout, and leader. Tubman helped organize that “contraband” Union soldiers, or men who escaped slavery to fight for the Union. She is also attributed as being the first and last women to lead troops...
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...The Forensics Files - 2 – The LD File Civil Disobedience Index Topic Overview 3-7 Definitions 8-10 Affirmative Cases 11-19 Negative Cases 20-25 Affirmative Extensions 26-34 Civil disobedience worked to free India. 26 Civil disobedience overthrew the communists in Poland. 26 The tradition of civil disobedience in America goes all the way back to the founders. 26 Civil disobedience can serve to prevent situations from escalating into violence. 27 Civil Disobedience has been used to promote peace. 27 Civil disobedience was used to promote racial equality. 27 Civil disobedience is used to try to prevent the destruction of the environment. 27 Civil disobedience is effective at changing the law. 28 Legal channels can take too long. 28 Consent to obey just laws does not imply consent to obey unjust ones. 28 Distinguishing between just and unjust laws to disobey can be universalized. 28 Civil disobedience can be stabilizing to a community by spreading a shared sense of justice. 29 Sometimes it is only the unjustified response to civil disobedience that has harmful consequence. 29 Civil disobedience is traditionally non-violent. 29 Civil disobedience is a form of exercising free speech- which is essential in a democracy. 30 Civil disobedience has been used to fight slave laws 30 Civil disobedience played a role in ending the Vietnam war. 30 Civil disobedience...
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...___________________________ LIVING HISTORY Hillary Rodham Clinton Simon & Schuster New York • London • Toronto • Sydney • Singapore To my parents, my husband, my daughter and all the good souls around the world whose inspiration, prayers, support and love blessed my heart and sustained me in the years of living history. AUTHOR’S NOTE In 1959, I wrote my autobiography for an assignment in sixth grade. In twenty-nine pages, most half-filled with earnest scrawl, I described my parents, brothers, pets, house, hobbies, school, sports and plans for the future. Forty-two years later, I began writing another memoir, this one about the eight years I spent in the White House living history with Bill Clinton. I quickly realized that I couldn’t explain my life as First Lady without going back to the beginning―how I became the woman I was that first day I walked into the White House on January 20, 1993, to take on a new role and experiences that would test and transform me in unexpected ways. By the time I crossed the threshold of the White House, I had been shaped by my family upbringing, education, religious faith and all that I had learned before―as the daughter of a staunch conservative father and a more liberal mother, a student activist, an advocate for children, a lawyer, Bill’s wife and Chelsea’s mom. For each chapter, there were more ideas I wanted to discuss than space allowed; more people to include than could be named; more places visited than could be described...
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