Harriet Tubman Research Paper

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In 2004, Catherine Clinton composed an biography/autobiography titled, Harriet Tubman: The road to freedom. In this novel, it references Tubman's upbringing, in which she was born in 1820 in Maryland to parents who were slaves near the same plantation. In fact, her parents names were Harriet Green and Benjamin Ross which is interesting because originally she was named Araminta Ross. Moreover, as a child she quickly realized family could be taken at any period of time. Tubman struggled with the labor being she was far too young to to keep up with the task instructed upon her. Immediately, she was sent back to her owner undernourished and when healthy it followed working again. Yet, this cycle lasted throughout Tubman's childhood. Tubman later relocated to the north, in this time slaves …show more content…
Tubman loved her husband dearly and didn’t want to leave him but ultimately she feared being sold into the deep South which launched her plan to escape. An individual who played an important part role with helping Tubman was Thomas Garrett. Garret lived in Wilmington, Delaware his occupation was stationmaster who was arrested for helping slaves escape. Around this time the UGRR ( Underground railroad) began it’s unknown specifically when it began but both whites and blacks were active in utilizing it. Tubman’s journey was actually on hold due to her children and niece being sold in December, 1850. Tubman’s husband notified her about the situation and she went to Maryland not having a game plan but managed to rescue her children and niece. Under the circumstances Tubman endured it was impressive she was able to navigate that well and use connections along the way. In addition, the Kansas-Nebraska act created some controversy when congress debated the impact on the country.While this was occurring, Tubman still managed to help slaves escape from the