Essay On Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman, birth name, Araminta Ross was an important abolitionist. She helped African Americans escape the horrific life of slavery by risking her own life. In addition to help free slaves she was also a scout, spy and nurse during the Civil War. Harriet Tubman earned the nickname "Moses" after the prophet Moses in the Bible, because they both led their people to freedom.
Born a slave in early 1800's on Maryland's eastern shore Harriet endured harsh and brutal beatings. Harriet Tubman's mother (Harriet Green) and father (Benjamin Ross) had eight children in total. Harriet had narcolepsy when she was a teenager. This is because she suffered a head injury when an overseer threw a heavy metal at a runaway slave and instead hit her in the …show more content…
Her brothers had second thoughts and returned to the plantation. Harriet freed herself in 1851 using the system known as the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved Africans to escape to free states.After freeing herself from enslavement, Harriet returned to Maryland to rescue other members of her family. After rescuing her family she decided to go back and help many other enslaved people escape too. In ten years conducting the Underground Railroad she had made 19 trips and guided her parents, siblings, relatives and friends for a total of around 300 slaves. Tubman or the slaves she guided were never captured.
After the outbreak of the Civil War, Harriet Tubman became a soldier, spy and a nurse. Harriet was successful as a nurse due to her ability to cure men of dysentery by means of native herbs. For more than three years she nursed the sick and wounded in Florida and the Carolinas, tending whites and blacks, soldiers and contrabands. She was the first woman to lead an armed expedition in the war. During the Civil War she was paid $200 over a period of 3 years. She supported herself by selling pies.
Harriet Tubman was another important abolitionist that helped African Americans come a long way. She endured and experienced many things and people along her journey. She risked her life many times to save other people so they could live a somewhat
Born a slave in early 1800's on Maryland's eastern shore Harriet endured harsh and brutal beatings. Harriet Tubman's mother (Harriet Green) and father (Benjamin Ross) had eight children in total. Harriet had narcolepsy when she was a teenager. This is because she suffered a head injury when an overseer threw a heavy metal at a runaway slave and instead hit her in the …show more content…
Her brothers had second thoughts and returned to the plantation. Harriet freed herself in 1851 using the system known as the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved Africans to escape to free states.After freeing herself from enslavement, Harriet returned to Maryland to rescue other members of her family. After rescuing her family she decided to go back and help many other enslaved people escape too. In ten years conducting the Underground Railroad she had made 19 trips and guided her parents, siblings, relatives and friends for a total of around 300 slaves. Tubman or the slaves she guided were never captured.
After the outbreak of the Civil War, Harriet Tubman became a soldier, spy and a nurse. Harriet was successful as a nurse due to her ability to cure men of dysentery by means of native herbs. For more than three years she nursed the sick and wounded in Florida and the Carolinas, tending whites and blacks, soldiers and contrabands. She was the first woman to lead an armed expedition in the war. During the Civil War she was paid $200 over a period of 3 years. She supported herself by selling pies.
Harriet Tubman was another important abolitionist that helped African Americans come a long way. She endured and experienced many things and people along her journey. She risked her life many times to save other people so they could live a somewhat