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    strategically around the feasting table dressed in palace robes and turbans. The long table is covered with a white linen tablecloth‚ silver and pewter platters‚ goblets and utensils that reflect the candlelight. There are several people seated on bright pink and red satin pillows. They surround the table awaiting the servants to bring their feast. The majority of the men seated look like Indian dignitaries dressed in jeweled turbans and robes. They all have dark hair with long mustaches. At

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    issue. Through this topic I heard about Harriet Tubman the creator of the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in 1820 and escaped slavery in 1849. I admire Harriet Tubman because when she was free‚ she chose to risk here freedom in order to help her family and friends. It is a character like Harriet Tubman’s that makes a good leader. She was able to set up a network of safe houses and rescue hundreds from slavery. The fact that Harriet Tubman had the courage to risk her freedom

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    and adults with nowhere to go. Harriet Tubman was the conductor of the Underground Railroad. During a ten-year span she made 19 trips and freed over three hundred slaves. Also‚ in all of her trips she has never lost a single passenger. Everyone who attempted to escape through the Underground Railroad succeeded. Harriet Tubman was the most well known conductor of the Underground Railroad. By 1856‚ the reward for the capture of Harriet Tubman was up to $40‚000. Harriet Tubman was a very important person

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    Harriet Tubman was an abolitionist who was involved in the fight to end slavery. She established the underground railroad‚ which was a way to get slaves safely to the north.Harriet Tubman was born between 1820-1825‚ but it is not certain the exact day or year.She was born in Dorchester County‚ Maryland. Harriet Tubman was originally named Araminta Harriet Ross and went by the nickname “Minty”. She was born to enslaved parents and had 10 siblings. When she was young‚ she was beat very often by her

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    Harriet Tubman: One of the most influential and essential woman of the civil war era. Not only was she a conductor of the underground railroad‚ but she was a Union spymaster. What is a union spymaster you may ask ? Well a Union spymaster is the leading spy‚ or one of the leading spies of the Union. She demonstrated intelligence that could be considered advanced for the era‚ although espionage could have existed long before the civil war. Along with helping slaves through the underground railroad

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    read. A book that recognizes an enormous problem for its time was Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Harriet Beecher Stowe raises awareness for a bunch of problems throughout the book. Some problems she talk about are slavery‚ how women are views in society‚ and religious values. The problem that Harriet Beecher Stowe focused most on was the cruel and unjust treatment of slave. Throughout the book in Harriet Beecher Stowe gave numerous examples of how slavery was evil and how society needs to

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    Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman was an African American who helped hundreds of slaves in the southern United States escape to freedom. She became a famous leader of the underground railroad. The underground railroad was a secret system that helped slaves escape to the northern United States or to Canada . Admirers called her Tubman became a conductor on the underground railroad. She carried a gun and promised to use it on anyone who threatened the success of her operation. She was assisted by white

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    Leaders of the Civil War Era: Harriet Tubman and The Women Called Moses‚ many similarities and differences are perceived. The subject in each passage is about Harriet Tubman‚ but each author has a different way of presenting the information. With the information provided while reading‚ telling the similarities and differences can be easy. Here are some similarities and differences that I have found. Here are some differences in Leaders of the Civil War Era: Harriet Tubman and The Women Called

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    The deliberate actions of Harriet Tubman‚ Frederick Douglass‚ and Thomas Garrett demonstrated the themes of freedom and sacrifice. As a result of Tubman being willing to risk her own life‚ she has saved hundreds of slaves and encouraged many to follow in her footsteps. Douglass and Garrett also helped change the lives of countless people‚ as well as shape the future of America. It was through the guidance of these great people that many African-Americans were saved. Harriet Tubman expressed these themes

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    Harriet Tubman served her life toward slavery and as a honorable women in history. She was born in Dorchester‚ Maryland in 1820. Harriet’s mother was Harriet Green and her father was Ben Ross. Harriet took many chances throughout history to help slaves escape as a symbol of bravery. Harriet Tubman was known as a conductor of the Underground Railroad. She helped many slave in the North and she never lost a passenger. Throughout time she made a total of nineteen trips. She traveled at night and rest

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