Essays on Harriet Tubman

Africa has suffered the most from the ravages of slave trade. An estimated 18 million Africans were taken to Europe and the ‘new world’ to meet the increasing demand for slaves. With the colonization of the Americas starting in the 16th century, a new slave...

Harriet Tubman was a black slave that went through alot in her life. She is a very important person in black history month. Harriet Tubman is one of the most remembered African Americans of all time. She rescued over three hundred slaves and claims to...

To have one’s face on the legal tender of any country is a great honour which is often given as a reward for one’s unmatched contribution to his/her country. When on the 20th of April 2016, Jack Lew, the then the United States Treasury Secretary...

An upstander is a person who recognizes the difference between right and wrong and chooses to do the right action even when it may not be popular at that time. An upstander stands for what is right and fights to help and support those that...

Harriet Tubman was driven to undertake the mission of rescuing and freeing slaves from plantations. She undertook the goal by persevering, putting her life on the line, and taking dangerous risks. An example of her persevering is when she was six at the loom. She...

Bayly, Alexander H. Three Hundred Dollars Reward, 10-19, 1857 Bayly was a slave owner in the 1850’s. The purpose of the poster was for people to look for his runaway slave. He was offering three hundred dollars for his missing slave Lizzie. Lizzie ran off...

Harriet Tubman, born Araminta Ross, was an African-American woman who helped rescue tons of slaves in the mid/late 1800’s. She was born in 1822, though the exact day is not known since records never kept that information. This information was never kept because Harriet was...