Harriet Ross Tubman was an American Abolitionist who escaped from slavery and returned repeatedly to the South to lead other slaves to freedom. Harriet Tubman made a huge impact upon slavery. Since she was a slave before, she did no want anyone else to suffer like the way she did. A woman like Harriet Tubman should never be forgotten. She risked her life working on the underground Railroad fighting for what was right. That is what you will be learning about her life and what she experienced
The person i chose was Harriet Tubman. I chose Harriet Tubman because during a ten year span, she made 19 trips to the south and escorted over 300 slaves to freedom. She basically saved a lot of lives and people from being slaves. Thanks to Harriet Tubman,
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Her quote says ¨ I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.¨ Harriet Tubman really hates seeing slaves and she wants to save all of the slaves so they can all live happier and have a good life so they can enjoy their life. What the quote is saying here is that Harriet Tubman is basically saying that she freed a bunch of slaves. Harriet Tubman actually meant that the people who didn't know were slaves, they have basically been slaves for their whole lives. It is also basically saying that since the people were born, the slave owners made them clean without them even thinking they were slaves. They thought that that was their job to clean everywhere and obeying what the slave owners told them to do but the slaves had no clue that they were slaves. Also they wondered why they got rescued if they thought cleaning and obeying to the owners was their …show more content…
Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” This quote is basically saying that Harriet's Tubman’s dream was to change slavery and to end slavery. Harriet Tubman said that you have the strength, patience, and passion to change the world. She had to wait years to change slaves lives and to look for them around the world. Harriet Tubman had to strong to chase her dream and to do an impact to the world.
Harriet Tubman had a really intense life. In 1820, when Harriet Tubman was born, she was born as a slave. Her whole life, she had been a slave without he even knowing she was one. In 1844, Harriet Tubman met John Tubman. In 1849, Harriet Tubman's owner Edward Brodess, needed to sell her and other slaves in order to cover his debts. Harriet Tubman's siblings were also slaves and were going to get sold for their debts. After that same year since she didn't wanna get sold, she ran away from the Brodas