Harriet Tubman Posters, Books, Video, Links for Learning
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Harriet Tubman was born into slavery between 1816 to 1823, in Dorchester County, Maryland. She was named Araminta (Minty) Ross and later changed her first name to Harriet, after her mother. She was beaten as a child, once receiving a severe head injury for refusing to help tie up a slave who attempted to escape. The head injury plagued Tubman with seizures and comas the rest of her life. Harriet Tubman devoted her life to fighting slavery, helping slaves and ex-slaves, and championing the rights of African Americans and women. She served as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, a secret system of people of all races who helped slaves escape to freedom. An extremely brave person, Tubman was called the "Moses of her people.” She was married to a free African American named John Tubman about 1845. In 1850 she escaped because she feared she was about to be sold South.
It has also been reported that Harriet’s quick mind and courage were her tools for being such a successful conductor. When she saw slave hunters she would turn the wagon southward to throw them off track, or pretend to read a book because she overheard men reading a wanted poster say she was illiterate. She always took her trips in the winter to take advantage of long dark nights when most people would stay indoors if possible. Harriet Tubman also served with the Union Army. She worked as a cook, nurse, and even spy for the Union. After the Civil War she settled in Auburn, New York, where she would spend the rest of her long life helping elderly African Americans and working for the rights of women. Harriet Tubman died 3-10-1913, her exact age is not known. The photograph to the left was taken c. 1911, probably at her home in Auburn. In 1995, Tubman was honored by the federal government with a commemorative postage stamp bearing her name and likeness. |
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“I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.” (See Exodus 2:22, Moses says he has been a stranger in a strange land.) I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other." Read more about Harriet Tubman.Harriet Tubman (Childhood of Famous Americans) - One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, fictionalized biographies - easily read by children of eight and up - today’s youngster is swept right into history. Harriet and the Promised Land by Jacob Lawrence Ages 6 and up. one of the first children’s books illustrated by an African-American artist Jacob Lawrence. Combining a spare, rhythmic text with a stunning series of narrative paintings, it tells the story of Harriet Tubman, who escaped from slavery but returned to the South 19 times to lead more than 300 people to freedom in the North. Harriet Tubman & the Underground Railroad - Instant Internet Activities. Underground Railroad video - No records were kept, but historians believe more than 100,000 slaves tried to escape their bondage before the Emancipation Proclamation. Most of those who made it to the relative safety of the north-or the wilderness, when slavery still reigned in the north-had help in the form of the Underground Railroad. Whites, free blacks, and Native Americans offered aid and shelter, though the notion of the Railroad as a kind of conspiracy of freedom, organized from north to south, is deeply flawed. Alfre Woodard links together interviews with historians, contemporary photographs, drawings, and dramatic reenactments to show the terrors of slavery and the travails of escape, exploding many of our myths along the way. The economic and political motivations behind many white abolitionists’ feelings are explored, and while ultimately it didn’t matter to a slave reaching out for liberty why it was offered, we are forced to reevaluate the selfless image of many ‘conductors.’ Still, freedom is freedom, and the History Channel’s Underground Railroad tells its story well, inspiring respect for the generations of men and women who fought silently for it. LINKS FOR LEARNING : HARRIET TUBMAN• Our Shared History- National Park Service, Underground RR • Harriet Tubman, Africans in American- PBS • Harriet Tubman, ThinkQuest Site • Harriet Tubman, Integrated Unit - ArtsEdge (The Kennedy Center) • Harriet Tubman- America’s Stories Library of Congress • The Underground Railroad, National Geographic
• Create a timeline showing events and people of the era. • Map skills / geography - Create maps highlighting different "routes to freedom", study terrain, calculate approximate distances and time for each route. • Have students write and perform a play about how they would behave if they were in a situation similar to Harriet Tubman's. UNDERGROUND RR VOCABULARY: • Abolitionist- A person who believed in or worked for the ending of slavery. • Agents - People who offered food, clothes, and shelter to the slaves. • Conductors - People who helped guide the slaves. • Passengers - The escaping slaves. • Province- The Canadian equivalent to a state. • Slave- A person who is owned by another human being, and forced into the servitude of his/her master. • Stations - Homes where the slaves could hide. |
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