Emma Parks Ford Honors ELA 7th March 2024. “I had reasoned this out in my mind; there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other. (DBQ)” That is what Harriet Tubman said after ultimately deciding to run away after the death of her master in 1849. This brave decision is what led to the rescue of many slaves on the Underground Railroad.
In the story, “Civil Rights Activists: Harriet Tubman,” it says, “Physical pain was a part of daily life for Tubman and her family.” This shows that she and her family were slaves. Slaves that were being sold and mistreated by slaveowners. ”Harriet’s most severe injury occurred when she was a teenager,” was said in the story because she had encountered a slave that left without permission.
Harriet Tubman was determined African American women who wanted her freedom. She was tired of being a slave, and tired of being treated like trash. She wanted to make a change in life and wanted more for all the people. Harriet Tubman cared about all the people and she wanted the best for them and herself. Harriet Tubman was one of the most bravest, determined African-American woman in history.
Harriet Tubman and Mother Jones' dreams and thoughts on equality are very similar but also very different in many ways. They both had similar dreams; they just executed them in very different ways. One difference in the text of Mother Jones, she has plans to make public announcements and walk many miles just to see the president for change. While Harriet Tubman led a series of trails to help slaves escape and see freedom. They are different because Mother Jones ran to someone to get help to stop the inequality.
I. Identification of Work The book, “Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom” was written by Catherine Clinton. Catherine Clinton is the Professor of American History at University of Texas San Antonio. She is extremely qualified due to her intensive work dealing with this time period of American History. She studied sociology and American History at Harvard and then received her Ph.D. at Princeton University.
Harriet Tubman also was beat a lot as a slave. Harriet Tubman refused to stop a runaway slave and the overseer threw a two pound weight at her and hit her in the head. Slave families were often broke up and split from being sold. Harriet Tubman had family sold away from her. Harriet Tubman’s early
Harriet Tubman’s character traits played on an important role during slavery because it helped her escape. She didn’t want to stay in the south. One of her character traits are brave because, she was brave enough to escape the south and run to the north. She had to stay awake so she didn’t fall asleep and get taking by the slave owner. She was also determind because she didn’t want to go back to the plantation.
In 1845, Harriet returned to Maryland and guided her sister and her sister's children to freedom. Harriet then made the bold decision to go back to the South, and bring her brother and two other slaves into free country. On Harriet's third return she went after her husband, John, only to find out that he had moved on, so she found others slaves seeking freedom and brought them
The excerpt I chose to reflect on is called “An End to the Neglect of the Problems of the Negro Woman!” by Claudia Jones (1949). Jones express the concerns that women of color in her time suffer from the neglect and degradation they receive throughout their lives. During this time, the reason many African American women go through the struggles in their community originated from the notion that the “bourgeoisie is fearful of the militancy of the Negro woman” (108). In my opinion, they have every right to be afraid of African American women. As Jones stated nicely "once Negro women undertake action, the militancy of the whole Negro people, and thus of the anti-imperialist coalition, is greatly enhanced" (108).
Harriet Tubman was a slave who escaped from the plantation she worked on. She helped many slaves run away and served in the union army. She saved many slaves and never let one die. She also served in the underground rail road and slaves that she saved also contributed to working there. She was very popular in the north and was compared to Moses in the bible who freed the Jews from Egypt.
Slavery is know to be one of the darkest periods in human history; yet, the fight for freedom in the United States was beyond imaginable. The most well-known fight for the abolition of slavery was the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was a passageway created by free African-Americans and white folks to help slaves escape their lives and find refuge in free states. The Underground Railroad was neither underground nor a railroad. Instead, it was called “underground” due to it being top secret and it was a called “railroad” because it was a path for slaves to take in order to escape.
Slave Struggles in the American South In the American South, slaves struggled with how they were treated and how their families got split apart and broken Slaves got chased and beaten, by their owners. They were mistreated and teased for their race. Slaves weren’t aloud to go to school and learn. Physical pain was a part of daily life for slaves. They got mistreated for the work that they gave, and deserved a better life.
Harriet Tubman was a woman who changed the course of history by fighting against slavery throughout her entire life. Most modern-day individuals know her for conducting the Underground Railroad and helping hundreds of enslaved people escape from their captors. She went on several perilous journeys to southern plantations despite the heavy reward sum that plantation owners eventually placed on her head. Her courage and readiness to risk her own capture allowed many to live better lives in the North. However, conducting the Underground Railroad was not the only way she contributed to the abolition of slavery.
Harriet Tubman is a larger than life icon and an American hero. Harriet was born into a family of eleven children who were born into slavery. Benjamin Ross and Harriet Greene were her parents, and lived on a plantation in Dorchester County, Maryland. Harriet was put to work by the age of five, and served as a maid and children’s nurse. At the age of six Araminta was taken from her parents to live with James Cook, whose wife was a weaver, to learn the skills of weaving.
In the text ‘’Civil Rights: Activist Harriet Tubman’’ it states that three of her sisters were sold away. This shows another emotional struggle Harriet and many other slaves had to through in the hardships of slavery. Secondly in the poem ‘’The Negro Mother’’ it tells that her husband was sold away. This is another example of the hardships of not only the the children slaves, but even when they were adults. This is not only an issue for the wives but also the children if their fathers being sold if they met their fathers.
