in History Harriet Tubman is an invaluable part of American history who risked her life countless times as a conductor of the Underground Railroad, leading slaves to the freedom of the North and served for The Union Army as a spy, relating valuable secrets.Harriet Tubman change the face of history by playing a key role in the Underground Railroad, assisting the Union Army in defeating the South and lastly by becoming one of the most prominent African-American woman in United States history. Harriet…
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History and Literary Thinking Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad was located in the American South. A system created to free slaves in the American South, but it was not actually a railroad or underground it was a secret pathway that slaves took to escape from their master. This pathway that the runaway slave took was very secret. They would know when to go out to the railroad because of the songs that they sung. The Underground Railroad not only helped black slaves but also poor white…
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Underground Railroad When researching the Underground Railroad, the key components to research is the history and the path the railroad took. We all know the Underground Railroad was the secret pathway fugitive slaves took to escape the cruel Southern plantation owners. Conductors of the railway helped the slaves continue on the right passage to freedom. The most famous conductor that most know is Harriet Tubman. The conductors led the slaves to safe places, in which many regular citizens risked…
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The Underground Railroad was a network of routes that nobody knew of, that was created in the 1830’s. Even though there were smaller, less known, organizations before it, they were never as big as the Underground Railroad was. And the Underground Railroad was used to escape enslaved African Americans into the free states. The person who created the Underground Railroad was a man named Isaac Hopper. And some of the people who were helping the Underground Railroad were abolitionists and people who…
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The Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad offered African American slaves freedom from the plantations that were ran by cruel masters. The slaves traveling were called passengers; they would travel along a network of safe houses that were referred to as stations. These houses where operated by station masters, the stations would give the slaves a hiding place until the conductors came to help guide them to their destination which was freedom. The last agent that helped slaves where…
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Harriet Tubman, was the driving force behind the Underground Railroad. She was also a major figure during the Civil War! Imagine you're a slave trying to fight for your life, and not get caught by your owner, and that would do anything to get you and take you back to the plantation, then one lady helped you get to freedom, and that one woman was Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman was a force of nature. Whereas some people during the Civil War were great at fighting the war, or healing the wounded,…
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seep into my bones. Am I really this cold or is it something else? While the tour guide was discussing the history of the Underground Railroad in Detroit and what it was like at “midnight on Crogan street,” I reflected on the idea that history is heavily…
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Throughout the course of history, there have been several instances of enslavement.. A person who maintains an elite position in society would typically exploit a person that is considered beneath them displaying social stratification. Africans found themselves being captured from their native countries, boarding ships, sailing for months to a foreign world and enduring horrors that no human being should have to face. These unfortunate found themselves spending their entire lives working, particularly…
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What is the Underground Railroad and why was it created? A woman named Harriet Tubman created the Underground Railroad to help slaves escape plantations. It was created to free slaves from slave owners. What Harriet Tubman did for hundreds of slaves was a brave and courageous thing to do. If it was not for her, the Underground Railroad would not have existed. All of the slaves that used the Underground Railroad to escape to freedom, would still be in plantations, working as slaves. With Harriet Tubman’s…
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Harriet Tubman was a very big person in American history, especially during slavery. She was one of the biggest helpers during this time. She helped so many African Americans including herself seek freedom. She “created” the Underground Railroad to make that plan successful. So your going to find out Who was Harriet Tubman and What was her role in the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman was born into slavery as Harriet Ross around the time of 1820 on the Eastern shore of Maryland (Taylor pg.8)…
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