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1820/ 21-
Harriet began her life as a slave. |
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1825/ 26- At the young age of five Harriet
became a servant in her master’s house. |
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1833/34- At this time slavery was so terrible
that when she refused to wash mud off an officer’s boots she got a slash on
the face with a sharp sword. |
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1845/46- Harriet married a free man. |
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1849-
Harriet escaped slavery in the American South. She escaped to the
Northern States and left her husband behind in Maryland. It was his
chose.Harriet spent the rest of her life freeing slaves. She became the conductor
of the Underground Railroad. |
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1860s- Harriet was a scout, spy,nurse, and
leader of soldiers in the American Cival War. She fought against the south. |
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1910s- Although Harriet risked her life to save
others she still lived to be in her nineties. |
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#1)Drunkards Path:means to avoid detection remember to stagger your
run eats and west like a drunk guy staggers back and forth…
#2)Monkey Wrench:means it is time to gather the tools that are required
for the journey…. |
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#3)Sail
Boat:means boats are available for taking crucial bodies across..
#4)Star:means points to the North Star… |
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About the Underground Railroad:The Underground
Railroad ran from about 1831 to 1865.
Harriet used the Underground railroad to take escaped
slaves out of the country… |
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Later
in her life Harriet became a conductor in the Underground Railroad
Harriet took groups of escaped slaves to Canada because slavery was
illegal in Canada.
Harriet brought groups of slaves out
of the American south nineteen times. |
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When
Harriet was still young an angry boss gave her narcolepsy for life.
(Narcolepsy causes people to fall into a deep sleep uncontrollably.) |
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In the state where Harriet belonged to it was
illegal for slaves to read. After Harriet escaped her master was looking
for her so when anybody was looking for her she would pick up a book and
pretend to read. |
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Harriet was strict leader. For various reasons
nobody was ever allowed to turn back. Harriet then could proudly say “I
never ran my train off it’s tracks, and never lost a passenger. |
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The
Kid’s Book of Black Canadian History by: |
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Rosemary Sadlier. Pages used: 24 – 27. Information found on slides
“Interesting Facts” and “The Underground Railroad.” |
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Moments in Black History, Harriet Tubman. Information found on the
slide “Timeline of Harriet |
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Tubman.”http://images.google.ca/images?q=harriet+tubman+pictures&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=ii&oi=imagest
Pictures found on slide “Harriet Tubman Pictures.” |
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http://images.google.ca/images?svnum=10&hl=en&q=underground+railroad&spell=1.
Image found on slide “Pictures of the Underground Railroad |
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www.africanhertour.org/story/quilts.html.
Information found on the slide “Secret Signs.” |
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Notes
