Harriet Tubman

Woman of Courage
By: Matthea

WHY I CHOSE HARRIET TUBMAN

I CHOSE HARRIET TUBMAN BECAUSE, SHE IS LIFE RISKING, DARING, BOLD AND COURAGOUS, EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS A SLAVE, AND PROBABLY FELT LIKE GIVING UP.

Early life
Born a slave-1820, 1822, and 1825 Maiden name: Araminta ( Minty) Harriet Ross Bucktown, Maryland, Dorchester County, United States African American Christian Probably not much education Her father taught her the knowledge of the woods, which eventually helped her escape

           

Modesty (grandmother) Linah (sister) Mariah (sister) Soph (sister) Robert (brother) Ben (brother) Rachel (sister) Henry (brother) Moses (brother) Had to care for little bother and baby Worked for Miss Susan Her job was being a nurse maid- when the baby woke up she was whipped at age five or six  She Hated being a slave and wanted to escape  Later in her life she tried to escape with two of her brothers, but they went back and so did she too

Mariah was Harriet's sister, or brother?

True or false: Moses wasHarrietsGrandfather. True of False: her father taught her the trails of the woods which helped her escape.

       

1820 (born) ? (head injury) 1844 (Married John Tubman) 1849 ( escaped from slavery 1851 (moved to Canada) 1861 (Moved back to United States) 1861-1865 ( nurse, scout, spy for the Union Army) 1913 (died)

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WHAT WAS HARRIET TUBMANS REAL NAME?

Araminta Harriet Ross

They also called her Minty, Moses, and after she got married to John Tubman Harriet Tubman.

Struggles & Obstacles

               being a slave whipped at age five or six not allowed to leave the property house maid escaping not allowed to use the same toilets as Caucasians head injury being caught being an African American sneaking to Canada with others narcolepsy hated being a slave VERY hard life doesnt know the exact year and date she was born Death-pneumonia

Quotations
i. Theres two things Ive got a right to, and these are death or liberty-one or the other I mean to have. ii. I grew up like a neglected weed-ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it. iii. I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything. The sun came up like gold through the trees, I felt like I was in heaven. iv. I never lost a passenger. v. I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.

Head injury
She was sent to a dry good store for supplies there she ran into a slave from another family. He had left the fields without permission. His overseer, demanded that Tubman help restrain the young man. She refused and the slave ran away. The overseer threw a two pound weight at him. He struck Tubman instead, which she said, broke my skull. She later explained her belief, that her hair which had never been combed and stood out like a bushel basket, might have saved her life. Bleeding and unconscious Tubman was returned to her owners house and laid on a seat of a loom, where she remained without medical care for two days. She was sent back into the fields, with blood and sweat rolling down her face until she couldnt see. Her boss said she was not worth a sixpence (six pennies), and returned her to Brodess, who tried unsuccessfully to sell her. She would also (after her injury) have seizures and would seemingly fall unconscious, although she claimed to be aware of her surroundings while

She appeared to be asleep. From then on she began to have seizures and would seemingly fall unconscious. She had this for the rest of her life

True or false
Harriet Tubman lost 8 of her passengers

False
She never lost a passenger

Conclusion
I think Harriet Tubman is a heroin because she saved, and freed more than three-hundred slaves, using the Under Ground Railroad. She risked her life nineteen times. She is brave and a very courageous woman.

Bibliography
Macleod, Elizabeth. The Kids Book of Great Canadian Women. Toronto, Ontario: Kids Can Press Ltd, 2005. Scruggs, M.,Otey. Harriet Tubman. The World Book Encyclopedia. 1996. Volume T, pp 480. Harriet Tubman[online]Available http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet Tubman 2012,Feb10. Harriet Tubman Quotes[online]Available http://www.brainyquotes/authors/h/harriet_tubman.html#ixzzlmIKEZ8ve,Feb13,2012.

Tubman, Harriet[online]Available http://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/article?id=ar832013&st=harriet+tubman

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