Harriet Tubman Research Paper

The Life of Harriet Tubman To start off, there is no doubt that there have been several outstanding women all around the world that have accomplished amazing things. Which I truly believe have helped shape our society into what it is today. From Amelia Earhart being the first solo flying female across the Pacific Ocean, or Rosa Parks who is now called “The Mother of The Civil Rights Movement'' for her outstanding bravery and not giving up on what she believed in, or Sacagawea who was a guide/ interpreter on the Lewis and Clark Expedition that would not have been successful without her. Each and every one of these women have exceedingly profound accomplishments. But one woman in particular that has stood out to me the most is Harriet Tubman. …show more content…
Harriet Tubman was born in March of 1822 in Dorchester County, Maryland. Her name that was given to her at birth was Araminta, but later she changed it to Harriet. It was believed she did this in honor of her mother. Her mother was named Harriet Green Ross and her father was Benjamin Ross, they raised their nine children in Maryland. She had four sisters and four brothers, making her one of nine children. Harriet Tubman and her family were slaves and were continuously separated from each other, but they always fought to see one another whenever it was possible. Harriet's mother was enslaved to the Brodess family and her father was enslaved to a man named Anthony Thompson. While Harriet's mother and father were frequently away working, Harriet took charge and cared for her younger siblings. Tubman had always led a hard life, but she was always determined to live a better one. Around the young age of thirteen, Tubman experienced a very traumatic event that changed her life forever. She had witnessed a slave trying to run away, and when the slave owner ordered Tubman to help him restrain the slave, she couldn’t bring herself to do it. This resulted in …show more content…
Tubman was called a conductor because they would use real-life railroad terminology. Originally, Tubman was to be accompanied along the escape journey with two of her brothers, Henry and Ben. The brothers began to have second thoughts on escaping and both decided to turn back, leaving Tubman to take the journey all by herself. Historians say one of the brothers had just become a father, which was a main factor in their decision to return to the plantation. Tubman then traveled North for ninety miles, arriving alone in the free state of Pennsylvania. This is where she found a support system through other abolitionists that were white and black. Prominent black abolitionists that Tubman worked with were Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth. The prominent white abolitionists she worked with were named William Lloyd Garrison, Theodore Weld, and Ben Lundy. After crossing the state line in Pennsylvania, Tubman felt a tremendous amount of relief wash over her. A direct quote from her being, “When I found I had crossed that line, I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such glory over everything; the sun came up like gold through the trees, and over the fields, and I felt like I was in Heaven.” I believed she saw the world in a different light after she gained her independence. Despite the fact, she became a free black woman, she was separated from her family who she deeply missed. Therefore, a couple years later between

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