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The Courage Of Harriet Tubman
This story is about a girl named Harriet Tubman who was a slave working in a compound. She always dreamed of being free. Harriet lived and worked hard in a cotton farm with her family and friends her entire life. That all changed one night while she was looking at the stars. She was suddenly determined to escape the compound. One day, after a full day of hard work on the farm, she traveled through a small tunnel made by workers who were helping other slaves in their escape. After she escaped the compound she ran into a whole new world.

Harriet was free but she felt awful leaving her family, friends, and other slaves to suffer. So she went back to free the others. Before she returned she wrote a letter to her parents to notify them that she is coming to set them free. With her return the slaves rejoiced and revolted against the owners of the compound. After that Harriet’s family, friends, and other slaves were running for freedom; running for their lives.

After a few years Harriet became agitated by president Lincoln’s choice to not end
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The squad had to go through swamps, lakes, and a few mountains, and the person leading this assault was none other than Harriet Tubman. The mission was simple; to stop the slave delivery and rescue all slaves. After the mission they saved about 1,000 slaves who united to fight against slavery.

The main idea of this story is that everyone has their own rights and freedoms. This story is about a girl named Harriet Tubman who had a dream of being free, but she realized that others deserve their own freedom as well. She went back to free all of her loved ones and did it again a few years later. Without her the slaves would continue to work and no one would stand up for themselves. The theme of this story is that freedom belongs to those who believe in it enough to show others what it means to have

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