Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman is perhaps the most well-known of all the Underground Railroad's "conductors." She made 19 trips into the South and escorted over 300 slaves to freedom. And, as she once proudly pointed out to Frederick Douglass, in all of her journeys she never lost a single passenger. Tubman was born a slave in Maryland's Dorchester County around 1820. At age five or six, she began to work as a house servant. Seven years later she was sent to work in the fields. Becoming friends with the leading abolitionists of the day, Tubman took part in antislavery meetings.During the Civil War Harriet Tubman worked for the Union as a cook, a nurse, and even a spy. After the war she settled in Auburn, New York, where she would spend the rest of her long life and died in 1913.


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Author: Harriet Tubman Quoted by Lydia Maria Child
Place: William Friedheim
Prior Knowledge: Harriet Tubman helped the slaves; however she tried to receive help herself.
Audience: It was intended for President Abraham Lincoln.
Reason: Harriet Tubman hoped to influence the President with her own ideas.
The Main Idea: President Abraham Lincoln needed Harriet Tubman in order for him to succeed.
Significance: Harriet Tubman believes that even though she is poor compared to the President she can help him more than anyone.