Harriet Tubman

Inquiry Question

Conjecture

Goals

Challenges

• She was struck by a 2-pound weight which caused a hole in her skull
• She was a slave herself
• Slave owners were sending a search party to find her

How she overcame challenges

• She recovered from the hard weight hit
• She ranaway to her freedom but she wasn't satisfied so saved other slaves
• She was only going to her freedom at night so she was not found

Reason she is a hero:
She saved 400 slaves and she made
"The Underground Railroad" and now the US has no slaverey.

Other

• Born 1820 - Died 1913
• Married John Tubman
• Slave owners wanted to stop her
• other slaves called her Moses
• 10 brother, 10 sisters, and a mom and a dad

Other (continued)

• Led more then 300 slaves to freedom
• Harriet worked really hard but got hurt
• She helped/saved slaves from her camp and also from other camps
• She was a nurse and a spy for the Union Army
• She urged Abe Lincoln to allow blacks to fight in the war to end slaverey

Other (continued)

• The north won the war because of the blacks help
• Harriet Tubman received many honors, including a medal from Queen Victoria
• The government wouldn't let her have ceremonies
• She got the money her husband earned as a Union Soldier
• Born in Dorchester County, Maryland, Died in Auburn, NY

Other (continued)

• Used the money to help establish a place for the aged and needy
• She was also a Civil Rights Activist
• Best known as a leader in the underground railroad
• She was born a slave
• Plantation in Maryland is where she was a slave

OTHER (CONTINUED):
Her birth name was Araminta Ross

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