There are many important African Americans who lived in the 1800s. Harriet Tubman was a very important person and had made an impact on the world. Her biggest and most known achievement was she has helped slaves escape with the help of the Underground Railroad and was the conductor. Schools even teach about her achievement, which is to remember her for what she has done to help. Araminta Ross (which was her first name before she changed it to Harriet Tubman) was born in the early 1800s in Maryland's Dorchester Country. Harriet Tubman has a lot of brothers and sisters. Her parents ( named Harriet Greene Ross and Benjamin Ross) were already working as slaves before she was even born. It would all start for Harriet Tubman at age 5, she starting working as a house slave. She would take care of the house with cleaning it, she would …show more content…
This is where she would change her original last name from Ross to Tubman. She would also change her first name to Harriet to resemble her mother, Harriet Greene Ross. Harriet had heard that her brothers, Ben and Henry, were going to be sold, so she had to make an escape plan. On September 17, 1849, Harriet, Ben, and Henry would escaped the plantation they were on. But the brothers would change their mind and decide to go back, but Harriet didn't. She would go 90 miles North, with the help of the Underground Railroad, to Pennsylvania and make her way to freedom. After Harriet escaped, she would find a job working as a housekeeper in Philadelphia. She felt lonely living by herself and wanted her friends and loved ones to be free also. She went back South to help her niece and her niece's children to freedom. She would again use the Underground Railroad to go back to Philadelphia and was the conductor for it. She would even try to bring her Husband John along with them, but the marriage wasn't good between them and John would find a new wife and would stay with her in
Emma Ortiz, Mrs. Williams English 11 1 March 2023 The Most Influential African American Harriet Tubman is one of the most influential African American, as she helped free many slaves before the Civil War. Tubman accomplished many things in her life and was successful in everything she did, her priority and passion was to help others. Harriet Tubman to this day is known for being a civil rights leader by showing her strength and courage during her lifetime. Tubman was born on a farm, into slavery, in the state of Maryland close to Pennsylvania which did not allow slavery.
Harriet Tubman, originally Araminta Harriet Ross was an African American woman born into slavery in 1820. Her early life was harsh and full of brutal and savage slave practices by her masters. Eventually in 1849 she had escaped slavery but left her family behind. Later on she came back for them after becoming a conductor for the underground railroad and led them to the North where they would be free.
Harriet Tubman is well known for numerous reasons. She helped thousands of slaves escape slavery and did many more acts throughout her lifetime. Most importantly, Harriet Tubman was the woman who helped change the history of slavery forever. Harriet Tubman was born in the year of 1820 in Dorchester County, Maryland. She was one of nine children.
Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman was an inspirational slave who made it her life's mission to free her family and many others from slavery. Harriet was born in Dorchester Maryland in 1820. She lived in a home with her ten siblings and her parents Harriet Greene and Ben Ross. Her birth name was Amarita Ross but she later took her mothers name.
She decided to run away with her brothers since her husband wouldn’t leave with her. The first time they went they had to turn back and the brothers backed out. However, Harriet, wanting to be free, ran away at night alone. After she arrived in the North, she joined the underground railroad. Even though there was a big chance and risk that Harriet could be caught, she dreamt of a better life, and that led her to the place she is today.
She also acted as a civil war nurse, an advocate for civil rights and a leader in the underground railroad. Harriett Tubman, born Araminta Ross, was birthed in 1819 or 1820 as a slave. She changed her name to Harriett in honor of her mother and propositioned her owner to marry a freedman John Tubman. Her owners agreed to the marriage if she continued to work their plantation. Harriett led a challenging life and relied on her faith in God to assist her in her freedom and freedom of others.
Harriet Tubman also got married to John Tubman which is how her last name is Tubman. John Tubman was also a freed slave, in 1844, but John was a freed slave before Harriet. After the Civil War began in 1861 Harriet Tubman
The Fugitive Slave act was put in place and slaves would be returned to their slave masters and depending on what they did, they could get anything from beaten to tortured to killed. Harriet escaped her slave master so it was very risky for her to be in the US. I believe the underground railroad was her greatest achievement because of her time spent, the risk and the number of people she helped. First she spent a lot of time doing the underground railroad.
Once Harriet reached freedom, it was only the beginning of her
As a result, she suffered seizures and other medical problems for the rest of her life. Ross later married a free black man in 1844 named John Tubman. Around her wedding, she changed her name to Harriet, most likely to honour her mother. After Harriet’s slave owner passed away, she escaped to Pennsylvania as she thought she might be sold. After working for a bit in Pennsylvania, Tubman returned to Pennsylvania a number
Harriet Tubman had several great achievements, but which one surpassed the rest? Harriet Tubman was born into slavery but escaped around the age of twenty. Throughout her years up until the age of thirty-eight, she kept freeing others from slavery. Leading her to be an important part of the Underground Railroad. Harriet has accomplished much in her lifetime including; Being a leader in the Underground Railroad, a spy, and a caretaker.
She had intended to help her husband, family, and friends escape to freedom. Little did Harriet know that her beloved spouse had already found a new wife. Devasted, she departed Bucktown, leaving John Tubman behind for good. Harriet used her connections from her first trip to bring her family and friends across the miles, this time to Canada, for freedom. She was so successful that she traveled back again for more slaves.
The most influential African American Harriet Tubman's nickname was Moses because she never lost a single one of the slaves that she helped guide to freedom. Harriet Tubman is the most influential African American because she always wanted to help and care for people. Tubman accomplished many things in her life and was successful everything that she did was to help people. Tubman had ten siblings and she was the only one that did not get sold she stood with her parents. Harriet lived in Maryland which was close to Pennsylvania which did not allow slavery and that was where she wanted to go when her mother’s white master passed.
In Conclusion, harriet Tubman was an influential abolitionist leading many to freedom and saving lives for both slaves and soldiers. She was a slave, led slaves to freedom, was in the Underground railroad, worked in the Civil War and can be compared to Nat Turner. Harriet changed the way people saw african americans. That is very important today with not only african americans but with all races and how they are treated in society
Harriet Tubman spent most of her life trying to help slaves. She was a slave herself, she was born in Dorchester Country, Maryland in the year 1822. She started working at a very young age, by the age of 5 she was already doing child care and consequently by 12 she was doing field work and hauling logs, as she got older the job got harder. When she turned 26 Harriet decided to make a life-changing decision when her master died, she decided to abscond. She married a free black man.