slave countries. A second way Harriet Tubman helped slaves is that in her life time she led more than 300 slaves to freedom‚ and perhaps that’s why she’s famous. My last example of how she helped slave is that she even became on of the Underground Railroad Conductors to be able to help slaves. These are some examples that Harriet Tubman had helped slaves. Harriet Tubman was a person that would do anything to reach her goal and dreams and that’s why she risked her life. She risked her life many
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INTRODUCTION Union Pacific Railroad Company (UNP) is one of the four major railroad companies that transports a variety of goods across North America and is an American staple of industriousness and endurance. Union Pacific with its workforce of 43‚000 highly trained people has been in operation since 1862‚ and its span of operation stretches from Western to Southern United States and internationally into Western Canada and Northern Mexico. The American Association of Railroads has classified Union Pacific
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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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Mr. Lew also proposed adding women and civil rights leaders to the $5‚ and the $10 note as well. Harriet Tubman was a bondwoman who escaped from the south to become an abolitionist. She helped freed hundreds of slaves through the Underground Railroad during the 1800s. Tubman has always been an icon in American History due to all her courage on leading those who were afraid to finally leave. The article explained that Hamilton would still be on the $10‚
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escaped slavery herself. Also‚ she was born in the border state of Dorchester County‚ Maryland in 1805. But Harriet’s husband died in 1849 and she made a big decision and was a hero to her people. Harriet Tubman was a conductor on the underground railroad‚ civil war spy‚ a nurse‚ and caregiver with her greatest achievement being a civil war spy because she saved 800 lives‚ 100 out of the 800 she saved enlisted in the army‚ and To begin with‚ Harriet Tubman saved 800 lives. In the text Harriet says
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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 during the day. Harriet used the North Star for guidance to avoid slave catchers. Also‚ Harriet used a secret code language to communicate for the Underground Railroad. For example‚ the coded sounds such as swing low sweet chariot and little children. She
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Harriet Tubman was born a slave on a plantation in Maryland in 1820 or 1821.Her birth name was was Araminta Ross. Harriet Tubman was a very important person in the history of slavery.Born a slave herself‚She became a “conductor”of the Underground Railroad and succeeded in leading other slaves to freedom. Life as a slave was difficult.Harriet worked a number of jobs on the plantation. Jobs such as plowing fields and leading produce into wagons. Also hauling logs and driving oxen. At the age of thirteen
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a twig that caught my attention and snapped me out of my daydream. It came from behind. I quietly told the person ahead of me of it‚ but he thought I was crazy. They claimed that we were in a farm owned by someone that was part of the Underground Railroad. I told the person that I was going to hide until I was sure it was safe. He didn’t argue‚ but I could tell from the look on his face that he was glad I was leaving. I tried to get some others to come with me‚ but the only one that listened was a
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expansion. The teacher did a read aloud about the transcontinental railroad and had a discussion with students about why the transcontinental railroad played an important role in the westward expansion. One student believed that trains had always existed‚ but the teacher explained that trains were actually constructed in the 1800s. The teacher told the students to write down a few new facts they had just learned about the transcontinental railroad and asked for volunteers to share. As each student shared
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Following the Civil War‚ railroads started popping up everywhere. This led to an increase in railroad accidents. This was especially true for brakemen‚ who coupled and uncoupled the trains‚ as well as operating the manual handbrake. Uncoupling and coupling the train cars was incredibly dangerous with the “link and pin” system for coupling. Hand brakes were also incredibly dangerous to operate. A myriad of brakemen operating on railroads died. By 1880‚ railroad worker death rates were second only
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