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    African American slaves and of anti-slavery whites to come to the town of Harpers Ferry and join his group of men. No such uprising occurred. Brown had asked both Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman to join him in the attack‚ but only Tubman agreed. Douglass pinned this plan as a suicide mission‚ so he refused. While Tubman was a great tribute to Browns anti-slavery cause‚ she was not able to go on the on the actual raid for unknown

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    During the 1800s‚ there was an abolition movement that would end all racial discrimination and segregation. It would restrict slave owning areas and stop spreading. It was founded by and informed by Benjamin Rush and Benjamin Franklin. The founding of the first founding abolitionist societies was Benjamin Rush and Benjamin Franklin. They wanted to stop slavery from being spreaded into further territories into the U.S.. Once that was achieved there was a beginning of free states‚ that allowed slaves

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    How did slavery begin? How did it change our country as a whole? How does it affect us all today? Slavery refers to a condition in which individuals are owned by others‚ who control where they live and at what they work. Slavery had previously existed throughout history‚ in many times and most places. The ancient Greeks‚ the Romans‚ Incas and Aztecs all had slaves. Slavery started in 1619. The first antislavery society was founded in 1775 by a group named the Quakers. They were the first group to

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    On occasion‚ messages of all sorts were given out at black church gatherings and prayer meetings‚ but not about the day and time that Harriet Tubman would be coming to town. The risk of betrayal about individual escapes and collective rebellions‚ was far too great for escape plans to be widely shared. Its stated that “80 percent of these fugitives were young males in their teens and twenties

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    would soon return from their "family visit." Harriet Tubman helped her brothers escape at Christmas. Their master intended to sell them after Christmas but was delayed by the holiday. The brothers were expected to spend the day with their elderly mother but met Tubman in secret. She helped them travel north‚ gaining a head start on the master who did not discover their disappearance until the end of the holidays. this shows how people like harriet tubman look at christmas as a time to

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    clarifies what slaves went through on a daily basis. According to the text Negro Mother states slaves were “beaten and mistreated for the work I gave.” This shows that slaves would work really hard‚ but got hurt in the end. The author states in “Harriet Tubman‚” “That family members were sold to other plantations.” This means that slaves could hardly work because they would be depressed from that member not being with them. Treatment lists the things slave owners would do to their slaves. Based on

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    brothers but I got taken from my brothers and parents when I was around 5. I’m escaping so I’m free and I might be able to find my parents and brothers. I will escape with Harriet Tubman. I will leave tomorrow saturday January 25th. I will leave at night because most people are in bed. We know when to flee becasue Harriet Tubman will sing a poem and we will outside.I will bring grilled rabit‚ beef jerky‚ hard track ‚ and corn fitters. The weather is terrible. It is raining! I would flee when

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    Slavery And Hope

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    all that a slave had left. They also knew that God was by their side and would help them. When everything from your home to your dignity has been taken from you‚ slaves only had hope left to hold onto. Hope is consistent in a spiritual sang by Harriet Tubman. In the text it states‚ “I’ll meet you in the morning‚ when I reach

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    What Caused Succession?

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    most known abolitionists was Harriet Beecher Stowe. In 1852‚ she wrote a book called “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” that spoke about blacks living on plantation. Another famous abolitionist was Harriet Tubman. She was called the “Moses of her people” and led runaway slaves towards the Underground Railroad. In the Compromise of 1850‚ a Fugitive Slave Law was put into effect. This law made Americans help find runaway slaves. This law eventually had people search for Harriet Tubman because of her significant help

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    The Underground Railroad A lot of people in today’s modern world don’t know that the Underground Railroad wasn’t actually a railroad. It was actually a series of houses‚ shops‚ and hotels/motels that would provide blacks a way to escape slavery in the south by going north. These buildings were known as stations and the slaves were known as cargo. Between 1815 and 1860‚ it is estimated that 130‚000 refugees escaped the south via the Underground Railroad. The railroad had as many as 3‚200 active workers

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