Slavery: Harriet Tubman And The Underground Railroad
In my American History classes I have always found the topic of slavery interesting because in my head and the way I was raised, the idea of slavery is unfathomable and I cannot believe it had ever been an issue. Through this topic I heard about Harriet Tubman the creator of the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in 1820 and escaped slavery in 1849. I admire Harriet Tubman because when she was free, she chose to risk here freedom in order to help her family and friends. It is a character like Harriet Tubman’s that makes a good leader. She was able to set up a network of safe houses and rescue hundreds from slavery. The fact that Harriet Tubman had the courage to risk her freedom in order to save others is hard to believe because during her time as a slave she had endure so much physical violence; one time she had been struck in the head by a two-pound weight which caused her to endure seizures, severe headaches and narcoleptic episodes for the rest of her life. I admire Harriet Tubman because of her courage to risk the freedom she worked so hard to gain in order to help others gain that same freedom. What I like to see in a leader is the ability to meet people where they are at, Harriet Tubman set up a network of houses in order to create a safe route for slaves to escape to freedom; Harriet Tubman
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I can assume it is her character and all, but what was her motivating force. I would want to know how she felt every time she crossed back into the danger zone, the area where if she were captured should be forced back into slavery if not killed. Would she have done anything differently knowing know how it turned out. Harriet Tubman probably believed what she was doing was something that anyone else would have done if they had the resources, but what she had accomplish was life changing for many and something that sticks out in
I can assume it is her character and all, but what was her motivating force. I would want to know how she felt every time she crossed back into the danger zone, the area where if she were captured should be forced back into slavery if not killed. Would she have done anything differently knowing know how it turned out. Harriet Tubman probably believed what she was doing was something that anyone else would have done if they had the resources, but what she had accomplish was life changing for many and something that sticks out in