Harriet Tubman and The Underground Railroad for Children    The students in Mrs. Taverna's second grade class at
                   Pocantico Hills School in Sleepy Hollow, New York have been
                   learning about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad.
                   We read about Harriet.  We wrote about Harriet.

SPECTRUM Biographies - Harriet Tubman Harriet Ross was born in
                                    Dorchester County, Maryland in
                                    1820. Her parents were from the
                                    Ashanti tribe of West Africa, and
                                    they worked as slaves on the
                                    Brodas plantation. In addition to
                                    producing lumber, Edward Brodas
                                    raised slaves to rent and sell. Life
                                    was difficult on the plantation, and
                                    Harriet was hired out as a laborer
                                    by the age of 5.

The Harriet Tubman Home In 1857, Harriet Tubman relocated her parents from St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada to Auburn, NY. She was provided a two
story brick home [photo] on the outskirts of Auburn, by her friend, William H. Seward. A short time later he sold the property to
Tubman for a modest sum, an illegal transaction at the time. Seward was at that time the US Senator from New York.

Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman was a runaway slave from Maryland. She went North and later heard about
 the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman became a conductor on the Underground
 Railroad. As a conductor she kept coming back for more slaves and helped over 300 slaves
 to the North. Her nickname was "Moses" because she helped free so many slaves.

African American Journey: Tubman, Harriet
 Tubman, Harriet (1820?-1913)

              Harriet Tubman was an African American whose daring
              rescues helped hundreds of slaves escape to freedom. She
              became the most famous leader of the Underground
              Railroad, which aided slaves fleeing to the free states or to
              Canada. Blacks called her Moses, after the Biblical figure
              who led the Jews from Egypt.

Harriet Tubman One of the most remarkable abolitionist was Harriet Tubman. She was born in Dorchester County
, Maryland. The date Harriet was born has been estimated in the early 1820's. She was born to
Harriet Greene and Benjamin Ross, who were not permitted to marry because of laws prohibiting
the marriage of slaves.

Harriet Tubman Heroines are not born but rather created out of necessity. In a sense, the heroine's knowledge of and
respect for humanity drives her actions. Harriet Tubman is one such heroine. Tubman escaped from slavery
and risked her life nineteen times as a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. Her efforts helped free
over three hundred slaves from the South before the Civil War. During the War, she helped slaves secure
freedom by working for the Union Army. After the War, she raised money to help former slaves improve their
lives. In doing this, she gave the greatest gift of all, freedom.

Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

Subject: Language Arts

Content Area: Reading Comprehension, writing, history, geography

Grade: Third

Lesson Plan - HARRIET TUBMAN A woman with tremendous courage, strong as a man, and cunning as a fox was Harriet Tubman. She was unable to read or write
and yet Harriet made 19 journeys back to the Southern States to help free over 300 slaves, moving them to the Northern States
and Canada. Harriet chose a dangerous way of life. Working with the Underground Railroad gave her popularity that angered
slave owners but gave inspiration to slaves. During this time, the United States was close to war over the issue of slavery and
Harriet was ready to help the Northern States in any way she could. Her vision was to give freedom to every black slave.

About Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman (1821-1913), a legendary figure in the underground railroad, was born to slave parents Benjamin
           Ross and Harriet Greene, near Cambridge, Maryland. Named at birth Araminta, she later chose her mother's name.
           Harriet was famous with her deep religious faith, unexampled heroism, as well as an outstanding physical endurance.

Arline Mykietyn's Bookmarks on Harriet Tubman

The Universal Black Page At this location there are many topics related to the people who worked for freedom from slavery, and toward equality for all men.

Materials on Slavery From the UNC-CH CollectionThis is Harriet's story as told to Sarah Bradley, a teacher and friend who agreed to write her story. The profits from this book helped support Harriet in her later years. It is titled Hariiett, Tubman, The Moses of Her People.

American Cotton Plantation Most of the agriculture in the southern United States during the early 19th century was dedicated to growing one crop‹cotton. This is a view of work on a southern plantation.

 American Civil War: Growth of Slavery How Did Slavery Begin in the United States? Slavery is the most involuntary form of human servitude, whereby a person is regarded as the property of another person‹the owner‹and is forced to labor and live according to the owner's will.
Surprisingly, the practice of slavery dates back to ancient times and was an accepted practice in all known civilizations.

Underground Railroad This is a map of the major Underground Railroad routes leading up to Canada. The actual number of slaves assisted during the nearly 80 years that the network existed was not overwhelming, but the publicity generated served to fuel sectional mistrust and bring about the American Civil War.

10.htm "THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS REST" Solomon Northrup was a free black who was kidnapped in New York and sold into slavery for twelve years. He was finally returned to freedom through the efforts of New York's governor. In the following selection he describes how cotton was raised on his Louisiana plantation.

12.htm Josiah Henson spent thirty years on a plantation in Montgomery County, Maryland before he escaped slavery and became a Methodist preacher, abolitionist, lecturer, and founder of a cooperative colony of former slaves in Canada. His memoirs, published in 1849, provided Harriet Beecher Stowe with her model of Uncle Tom.

15.htm James Martin, born on a Virginia plantation in 1847, was 90 years old when he was interviewed by the Works Progress Administration in 1937. After the Civil War he moved to Texas, where he served in the 9th U.S. Cavalry and later worked as a cowboy. Here, he describes a slave auction.

6.htm Olaudah Equiano vividly recounts the shock and isolation that he felt during the Middle Passage to Barbados and his fear that the European slavers would eat him.

emancipation.html Whereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free..."

1850.html Fugitive Slave Law of 1850

1793.html Fugitive Slave Law of 1793.

John Brown was a radical abolitionist whose efforts to gain freedom for the slaves often resulted in violence and led to a number of deaths. Many historians believe Brown¹s actions helped bring on the Civil War.

The Harriet Tubman Page provides a brief history of Harriet's life and involvement in the Underground Railroad and Civil War .

On An Underground Railroad : Main Page Many topics appear under this page within a poem about the Underground Railroad. You can view the poem or go directly to visit links to people involved in the work of the Railroad or work involving freeing slaves and changing the laws to an equal status for African Americans .

Escaped Slaves with Harriet Tubman were sure to get to their destination of freedom because of the many people who Harriet knew would provide help for "God's despised poor".

Tuan.html provides a look at the great divisity of the trails in which the Underground Railroad worked.

The Blacks, Anti-Slavery and the Underground Railway This site includes the many white abolitionists who worked tirelessly to free all slaves

Harpers Ferry NHP History The history of Harpers Ferry has few parallels in the American drama. It is more than one event, one date, or one individual. It is multi-layered -- involving a diverse number of people and events that influenced the course of our nation's history.

Harriet Tubman was an influential black leader of the ninteenth century because of her courage, strength, and efforts. She is important in American history because of her success in freeing more than three thousandhundredthrough the Underground Railroad. Harriet's talents allowed her to survive and prevail through her childhood. Gaining many valuable skills along the way, her difficult early years prepared Harriet to become the unforgettable black leader that she is known to be today.

Harriet Beecher Stowe Nineteenth-century American author and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom¹s Cabin (1850-1852), a groundbreaking novel that stimulated tremendous antislavery sentiment in the United States.

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John Brown, who was born into slavery in Southampton County, Virginia, and later toiled in Georgia and Louisiana, describes the methods of discipline employed by one of his owners.

The Blacks, Anti-Slavery and the Underground Railway site includes the many white abolitionists who worked tirelessly to free all slaves .