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African-American anti-slavery worker, and humanitarian. She was also a Union spy during the American Civil War. She was born into slavery but she escaped. During her life, she made nineteen trips. She helped more than 300 slaves escape.She used the Underground Railroad. When Tubman was a child in Dorchester County, Maryland, she was whipped and beaten by many different masters. When she was very young, an angry overseer threw a heavy metal weight at another slave. The weight accidentally hit…

and she helped heal injured soldiers during the war. The first reason Harriet was a very impactful person during the civil war was when she helped free slaves. Harriet Tubman Escaped on September 17, 1849, Tubman was guided by members of the Underground Railroad which is a place that is filled with safe houses and transportation. Her freedom felt empty unless she could share it with people who she loved so she resolved to go back and…

Underground economy, also known as the Black market is when sellers and buyers trade their goods and services secretly to evade the price controls and tax rate set by the Prime Minister. The Black market is the second largest market in the world and these trades happens both in developed and developing countries. All kinds of goods and services are available in the Black market, but the goods that were most commonly traded are things that are available in the official market but at a lower cost…

In Chapter 19 of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, the AP theme of American and National Identity is displayed by the debate over slavery between St. Clare and Miss Ophelia. The two have very different views on slavery, racism, and the role of blacks in society. Miss Ophelia, a northerner, is MORE racist than the slave owning St. Clare. St. Clare believes that his slaves should not be worked hard and she be taught religion. He uses his slaves to help him with his finances and believes…

The Underground Railroad was a chain of safe houses during the 1900’s for slaves trying to escape to Canada for freedom from their masters. Without the abolitionists hard work the Underground Railroad might have not been a success. Harriet Tubman had helped the Underground Railroads cause by saving slaves and bringing them to the free states. Thomas Garrett had hid runaway slaves and contacted William Still to tell him that new slaves would arrive. William Still had kept runaway slaves in his…

Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist and author during the 1800’s. Most of Stowe’s siblings had become ministers, helped found national associations, and had done other great things that contributed to the well being of others. Stowe however believed that her best valuable purpose in life was to be an author. This proved to be true , when she released her world famous book titled Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The book gave thousands of families a new perspective on slavery and its’ cruelty…

Abolitionist view slavery in a whole different perspective than whites did. Sinning against the nation, whites were tearing these innocent humans down for their benefit and abolitionist would not stand for such acts. Frederick Douglass had strong view on slavery and disapproved of all the treatment given out to such innocent people. In Douglass’s speech, in 1894 he stated, “”To deny education to any people is one of the greatest crimes against human nature. It is to deny them the means of…

Imagine a plane thirty-six thousand feet in the air about to land in the city of Denver, Colorado. The plane circles the Denver International Airport and the passengers look down at the interestingly shaped runways as the plane is cleared to land. After the smooth landing, the passengers exit the plane to gather their luggage and go about their business in the city. Taking note of the artistic murals on the walls as they walk, passengers move along in a hurry to get where they are going, as they…

spreading to all areas of the world. Reggaetón originated from the underground scene of Puerto Rico’s urban life, combining Puerto Rican hip hop with Jamaican dancehall. In Petra R. Rivera-Rideau’s, book Remixing Reggaetón Rivera-Rideau discusses the cultural politics of race in Puerto Rico, focusing on Reggaetón as a critique of Puerto Rico’s “racial democracy.” At the start of this book, Rivera-Rideau focuses on Puerto Rico’s underground music scene as a culmination of the African Diaspora…

Samuel Zemurray and Madame C.J. Walker were viewed from many for achieving the American Dream, the two embodied the quintessential American success stories of a Russian immigrant and daughter of a former slave. Zemurray and Walker, while they had completely different racial backgrounds, the two ultimately were more similar than not, and battled many of the same hardships. In a time of white privilege, many disadvantages emerged for an immigrant and African American women, the odds were strongly…