Title: A speech of commemoration for Harriet Tubman Specific purpose: To commemorate March 10th as Harriet Tubman Day and to inform the audience about her life and fight for freedom I. Introduction A. Attention getter: Imagine a time when you have no rights of your own. From the time that you are born until the time that you die‚ you are someone else’s property and are under their directions and orders- and sometimes their cruelty. You are a slave in the mid 1800s in the Southern
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Harriet Tubman was born into slavery. She had a very adventurous life. She never gave up even when she failed. She made a significant difference in many people’s lives. Harriet’s parents‚ Benjamin and Harriet Ross‚ were slaves. She was born right into slavery. Growing up‚Tubman had seven brothers and sisters. [Gale Group Harriet Tubman] She was from Maryland‚ and spoke Gullah‚ a combination of the English and African American languages‚ which made communication very difficult. [Harriet Tubman
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Hannah Burchett English IV September 17‚ 2015 Comparison of Briseis and Harriet Tubman Although Briseis‚ priestess‚ Queen of Lyrnessus and eventually prisoner of war‚ and Harriet Tubman‚ escaped slave turned abolitionist‚ were alive during completely different time periods‚ both women experienced correspondent hardships and lived their lives in a manner that forms a connection between them. Briseis and Harriet are connected through their experiences as slaves‚ the altering of their names and their
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“Shh!” Was a common sound to here if you were with Harriet Tubman escaping. Harriet Tubman lived during approximately in the 1800s.That is when there was a lot of harsh slavery in the Southern states of the United States. Harriet grew up having a tough childhood‚ she escaped from slavery and helped others escape. Her story is amazing. Harriet Tubman is one of the most brave women to ever live on Earth. To begin with‚ nobody really knows when Tubman was born. That’s what makes her interesting. She
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and the pursuit of happiness. Luckily‚ in the year 1804‚ all Northern states voted for the abolishment of slavery. Though this impactful change was gradual‚ it shifted the thoughts of people to abhor the notion of enslaving another human being. Harriet Tubman‚ also known as “The Moses of Her People‚” was an African-American bondwoman who escaped enslavement in the
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black people were forced to go through‚ some dangerous others horrifying‚ her name was Harriet Tubman. Well let’s just say she didn’t have a choice and had to face and endure danger and pain. Something that no ‘human being’ should go through‚ something that doesn’t even exist in nightmare...but that was what Harriet Tubman had to face‚ and I don’t mean in her dreams...this was reality‚ this was real. Harriet Tubman‚ in my eyes changed society today because of what she believed and experienced. Despite
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Have you ever thought about how Harriet Tubman’s character traits played a role in her escape from slavery? Harriet charater traits are brave‚befriended‚smart. Harriet was always doing what she wanted to do no matter what anybody said to her. Harriet Tubman’s character traits played a role in her deciding to escape from slavery. Harriet was smart because she eluded the patrols to escape from slavery. She was also smart because she sang coded songs to other slaves to warn them like if their master
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Harriet Tubman is perhaps the most well-known of all the Underground Railroad’s "conductors." During a ten-year span she made 19 trips into the South and escorted over 300 slaves to freedom. And‚ as she once proudly pointed out to Frederick Douglass‚ in all of her journeys she "never lost a single passenger." Tubman was born a slave in Maryland’s Dorchester County around 1820. At age five or six‚ she began to work as a house servant. Seven years later she was sent to work in the fields. While she
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any lives all they have to do is love their country. I have learned about many patriots this year and the many years i’ve been at school but the first person i think about when someone says patriot is Harriet Tubman she did it all. She made a really big impact on the fight against slavery. Harriet had so many opportunities to live her life as a slave without putting her life in danger but she refused to not do anything about it and she took action. Most women in her day wouldn’t even dare pulling
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Harriet Tubman‚ a woman who escaped slavery to help others‚ was known for her work on the famous Underground Railroad‚ but she did more than just that. Harriet was born a slave in Maryland. She was threatened on being sold so she wanted to escape and bring others with her. Harriet qualifies as a hero because she led abolitionism‚ conducted the Underground Railroad‚ and helped in the Civil War. Harriet Tubman escaped slavery to become a "leading abolitionist" (www.biography.com). She was
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