Harriet Tubman was a brave woman who wasn’t afraid to go against slavery, free hundreds of slaves through the Underground Railroad, and impact our country for great change. She has made a lasting impression on our country and how we treat others in the United States. We thank her for not being afraid to fight for something she believed in and to never give up. She is the true showing of strength, bravery, and independence.
Harriet Ross was born around the time of the 1820’s on the Eastern Shore. Her birth was never recorded due to the fact many slaves couldn’t read or write, and that many slave owners weren’t interested in their slave’s affairs. Her parents were full blooded Africans; that were brought to America as slaves. They were owned by Edward Brodas, who lived on the Big Buckwater River in Dorchester County. At the age of five Harriet was sold to a couple named Cook. Mrs. Cook had her wind yarn, but Harriet did not seem to understand the task. Then Mrs. Cook let her husband give her a job of watching his muskrat traps. Soon after she was given the task she became sick, and the Cook family sent her back to the Brodas Plantation. Harriet had been rented to other people looking for slaves from the age of seven …show more content…
She was given leave from the war to go home and rest, until she gets better. She went to Auburn, New York to take care of her parents, and herself. She went back to war only a year after she left to help in any way she could. When Robert E. Lee surrendered, some slaves went to the North for freedom. She was shoved into a cart and suffered from a sprained arm. Harriet was supposed to get paid $1,800 from the United States for serving in the war, and she never saw a cent. She began working many jobs trying to get by, until a lady named Sarah Bradford offered to write her biography, called Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman. With selling this book, she made $1,200 (Harriet Tubman Historical
Harriet Ross was born around the time of the 1820’s on the Eastern Shore. Her birth was never recorded due to the fact many slaves couldn’t read or write, and that many slave owners weren’t interested in their slave’s affairs. Her parents were full blooded Africans; that were brought to America as slaves. They were owned by Edward Brodas, who lived on the Big Buckwater River in Dorchester County. At the age of five Harriet was sold to a couple named Cook. Mrs. Cook had her wind yarn, but Harriet did not seem to understand the task. Then Mrs. Cook let her husband give her a job of watching his muskrat traps. Soon after she was given the task she became sick, and the Cook family sent her back to the Brodas Plantation. Harriet had been rented to other people looking for slaves from the age of seven …show more content…
She was given leave from the war to go home and rest, until she gets better. She went to Auburn, New York to take care of her parents, and herself. She went back to war only a year after she left to help in any way she could. When Robert E. Lee surrendered, some slaves went to the North for freedom. She was shoved into a cart and suffered from a sprained arm. Harriet was supposed to get paid $1,800 from the United States for serving in the war, and she never saw a cent. She began working many jobs trying to get by, until a lady named Sarah Bradford offered to write her biography, called Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman. With selling this book, she made $1,200 (Harriet Tubman Historical