Harriet Tubman

By: Cara Fine

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Introduction

• Do you know how all slaves want freedom? Well, that’s just what Tubman wanted, and maybe even some more.

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Abolitionist

• When Tubman was young, her master wanted to banish any people called abolitionists. So they wouldn’t help slaves escape.

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Born (?)Harriet Tubman was born in

1820or 1821, nobody knows! But, they do know she was born in Dorchester County,

Maryland.http://10.1.10.111/contentfiltering/blocked.aspx?id=1804820892339194893

Conductor

• She was called a conductor of the underground railroad because she never let her train go off the track. Also, she never lost a passenger.

Died• Harriet died March 10, 1913, in Auburn,

New York. All blacks were sad right then. They just lost the best abolitionist.

Escape

• You know how all blacks want freedom? Well, that’s just what Harriet wanted! She escaped from her masters, and saved over 300 slaves!

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Family• Tubman Harriet was the sixth of eleven

kids, her father Benjamin Ross, and her mother, Harriet Green, were both slaves.

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Good

• There was always good in her. She was known as the nicest slave. At least she died happily!

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Husband

• In 1844, Harriet married John Tubman, a free man. She wanted to run away with him, but he said NO!

Important Date

• 1865- the thirteenth amendment was passed, freeing all slaves in the U.S.! So Harriet Tubman was FREE!

1865!

Jesus

• I don’t think Harriet Tubman went to Church, but she probably knows about Jesus! Jesus is Gods child.

Kind

• Harriet was kind enough to free all of those slaves, that makes her VERY kind.

Log Hut

• Tubman was born on a large plantation w/ a big house w/ nice furniture and many rooms. But she was born behind the house in a log-hut w/ a dirt floor, no windows, and no furniture.

Masters

• Tubman had 2 masters that I know of. A he and a she. They both weren't very nice.

Nurse and Spy

• During the Civil War, Tubman worked as a nurse and spy for the northern army.

Old

• To prove that Harriet was elderly and old, here’s an interesting fact! She was 99 years old when she died, COOL!

Prayed

• Harriet prayed almost every day since she was hit with a metal weight by the master. Then she had a deep cut in her forehead.

Question

• When she was young, she always questioned slavery. Then when she was older, she saw how terrible it was.

Rights

• When Harriet was young, you could see in her eyes that she was miserable, and she wanted her rights.

Slave

• When Tubman was born, her parents were already slaves, so she was born into slavery.

Tempted

• When Harriet Tubman was young, she was so tempted to eat because she was so hungry. So when she saw sugar lumps, she couldn’t resist, and ate one.

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Underground Railroad

• Harriet was a conductor of the Underground Railroad. Meaning, she helped slaves to FREEDOM!

Vex

• It was a pain to find Tubman when she was running away. Vex means pain.

Weight

• When Harriet was young, and going to get food at a market, she came between a runaway, and a master. When the slave was running away, the master threw a weight, (meant for the slave).

X-Ray

• HEY!, Did you know that Harriet Tubman never could, and never would, get her head X-rayed to see if the cut in her head did any damage?

Youth

• Slaves, still young, (at youth) like Harriet Tubman, would be sold, no matter what!

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Zip Code

• Harriet sang a song when it was safe for slaves to come out of hiding while on the run, kind of like a zip-code.

Conclusion

• We’ll, I hope you learned something about Harriet Tubman, BYE!

Bibliography

• Adler, David- A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman, Holiday House, New York, 1992.