Harriet Tubman

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"There was such a glory over everything; the sun came like gold through the trees, and over the fields, and I felt like I was in heaven" ("Harriet Tubman."). Harriet Tubman was grateful when she stepped over the Pennsylvania border and was finally free from slavery. In the mid 1800's, Harriet Tubman was a well known woman. She rescued her family and led other slaves to freedom. "Harriet Tubman was born on a plantation in Dorchester County, Maryland, in either 1820 or 1821" ("Harriet Tubman."). No one knew her real birthdate because she was a slave and wasn't cared for. Tubman was a woman who worked as a conductor on the Underground Railroad that rescued slaves. She "was an escaped slave who single-handedly led over three hundred slaves to safety in the years 1850 to 1860" ("Tubman, Harriet."). "By 1857 Tubman had rescued her entire family. She then decided to risk settling in Auburn, New York, a strongly abolitionist community" ("Tubman, Harriet."). In 1860, Tubman was convinced to stop going down to the south to rescue slaves because she was well known and slave owners wanted her dead. Harriet Tubman was selfless, meaning that she had no concern for herself. Tubman was also brave, meaning that she was courageous and took action without fear. Because Harriet Tubman was selfless and brave, it made her a hero.

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Harriet Tubman was selfless because she did everything she could to help other people and put their safety before hers. People thought nothing of her, until she escaped and helped other slaves escape. "Harriet Tubman (1820-1913) was an escaped slave who single-handedly led over three hundred slaves to safety in the years 1850 to 1860" ("Tubman, Harriet."). After Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery, she returned and helped other slaves escape. She wasn't selfish and put everyone ahead of herself, making sure that they were safe and free. Even though she needed money and help with how she lived, she spent her time helping others. "She saved her money in the hope of returning to Maryland to deliver her family to freedom... Tubman made a total of nineteen trips into slave territory over the next ten years. She guided more than three hundred slaves to freedom" ("Harriet Tubman."). All Tubman wanted to do was to help others. She saved up her own money that she worked for and didn't spend it all on things that she needed for herself. Instead, she spent the money on going back and forth to the south to help slaves escape. She was able to help unknown slaves and her family over to the free states with her own earnings. Harriet Tubman was selfless because her main focus in life was to help slaves in the south escape to the north. She did everything possible to help her "parcels", or passengers, become free. She decided to help slaves escape rather than helping herself.

Harriet Tubman was brave because of what she had to risk to escape from slavery. Tubman always cared about others and put them before herself. Like risking her life to help someone else. "Later that year [1860], Harriet made one final trip to the South. She could no longer be a conductor on the Underground Railroad. The slave owners wanted her dead" (McDonough, Yona Zeldis., and Nancy Harrison.). Tubman would have kept going south to rescue more slaves, but her abolitionist partners convinced her to stop. She decided to stop because of her safety and freedom. Because Tubman could have and would have kept rescuing slaves until she died, she risked her life every time. "Each time she made the dangerous journey, she risked being captured and returned to her owner, or even killed. As word of her daring rescues spread, white Southerners offered a large reward for her capture" ("Harriet Tubman."). Tubman's bravery led to her risking her life and freedom to rescue slaves down in the South. She was well known around the south, yet she still went to rescue slaves and did everything she could to avoid being caught and executed. Tubman was brave because she decided to risk her life to protect others and helped slaves escape.

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Harriet Tubman was a hero because she was selfless and brave. She was selfless because she put others ahead of herself and volunteered to help hundreds of slaves escape from slavery. She was also brave because she did everything she could to help her family and slaves. She risked her life and freedom to lead others to freedom."Concerned about the poor condition of newly free black children, she raised money for clothing and schools. In 1908 she helped the elderly by opening the John Brown Home for Aged and Indigent Colored People (later renamed for her)" ("Tubman, Harriet."). Tubman is an inspiration because she was selfless and how much she cared for other people. She didn't take things for granted and helped people in every way possible. "She ended up volunteering as a cook, nurse, and laundress for Union troops who had taken over Beaufort, South Carolina. Tubman also served as a spy, conducting several successful raids and scouting missions" ("Harriet Tubman."). Not only was Tubman selfless because she took care of others, but she's also brave because she put her life on the line to rescue slaves. "Tubman has earned international acclaim as a symbol of the struggle for freedom, equality, and justice from oppression and discrimination, and has become one of America's most enduring historical figures." Harriet Tubman is an inspiration to me because she was selfless and brave. "Tubman has earned international acclaim as a symbol of the struggle for freedom, equality, and justice from oppression and discrimination, and has become one of America's most enduring historical figures" (Darity, William A., Jr., ed.). She fought for freedom, equality, and fought against oppression and discrimination. She became known for being a conductor on the Underground Railroad and helping slaves escape.

Works Cited

Darity, William A., Jr., ed. "Tubman, Harriet." International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. 2nd ed. Vol. 8. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. 464-65. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 4 Feb. 2015.

"Harriet Tubman." American Civil War Reference Library. Kevin Hillstrom and Laurie Collier Hillstrom. Ed. Lawrence W. Baker. Vol. 2: Biographies. Detroit: UXL, 2000. 473-479. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 4 Feb. 2015.

McDonough, Yona Zeldis., and Nancy Harrison. Who Was Harriet Tubman? New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 2002. Print.

"Tubman, Harriet." UXL Encyclopedia of U.S. History. Sonia Benson, Daniel E. Brannen, Jr., and Rebecca Valentine. Vol. 8. Detroit: UXL, 2009. 1583-1586. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 4 Feb. 2015.