From Harriet Tubman's Journey To Freedom
In 1619, slavery started in America, which spread throughout the world. Slaves work extremely hard and don’t get paid. Bondsman usually pick cotton in the plantation. They were treated like properties. Slaves can be sold whenever the masters do not want her/him working for him/her. Other masters buy them without asking questions. Slaves just disappeared as they are bought or hired. Their life wasn’t simple like Harriet Tubman because they work all day with only a little meal to eat then go back to work. They are frequently whipped by overseers so they can work fast since time was precious those days. Slaves weren’t even allowed to socialize with one another because overseers think that they’re using interacting to plan their escape. They aren’t even allowed to go wherever they want since they need permissions from
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Tubman never lost hope, she put her faith in God. She’s not a tenuous person, she knows what she’s fighting for and that is liberty. She wants to experience liberty so she periled herself to escape slavery. In 1849, she successfully passed the magic line, which then divided the land of slavery from the land of liberty. Tubman looked at her hand to see if she was the same person now that she is free. She said “Dere was such a glory ober eberything, de sun came like gold trou de trees, and ober de fields, and I felt like I was in heaven”. Tubman was contented that she’s free now and she doesn’t have to call anyone “Master”. She then settled in Pennsylvania for a while to earn money. This topic is important to me because Tubman is an inspirational person that fought for what is right, she periled her life by making nineteen journeys going back to the South to help slaves escape slavery including her families with the help of the Underground Network and abolitionists. Tubman changed people’s perspective about slavery where it should be illegal since men are created equal and no person should experience what Tubman and other slaves experienced those
Tubman never lost hope, she put her faith in God. She’s not a tenuous person, she knows what she’s fighting for and that is liberty. She wants to experience liberty so she periled herself to escape slavery. In 1849, she successfully passed the magic line, which then divided the land of slavery from the land of liberty. Tubman looked at her hand to see if she was the same person now that she is free. She said “Dere was such a glory ober eberything, de sun came like gold trou de trees, and ober de fields, and I felt like I was in heaven”. Tubman was contented that she’s free now and she doesn’t have to call anyone “Master”. She then settled in Pennsylvania for a while to earn money. This topic is important to me because Tubman is an inspirational person that fought for what is right, she periled her life by making nineteen journeys going back to the South to help slaves escape slavery including her families with the help of the Underground Network and abolitionists. Tubman changed people’s perspective about slavery where it should be illegal since men are created equal and no person should experience what Tubman and other slaves experienced those