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Below is a photo of Harriet Tubman.  Her code name was "Moses" to protect her identity. She led successful attempts to help many escape from slavery. She is an American hero!

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Moses:  When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom

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Moses:  When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom

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Read-aloud:

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May Africana Story Time: Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole  Weatherford

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"Harriet Tubman’s personal pistol and her 3 foot long ivory-handled sword are on temporary loan to the Florida A&M Black Archive Research Center as part of an exhibit called “The Struggle Continues”.  The Tallahassee family of Alex Brickler owns the pieces and considers them a family heirloom since he’s a 5th generation decedent of Tubman.  He said Harriet found the sword and kept it with her, just in case."
https://news.wfsu.org/wfsu-local-news/2013-02-21/harriet-tubman-underground-railroad-artifacts-on-display-in-tally

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Transcription: "I was just informed today by my brother that the master is planning to sell me. He’s looking for a man to do the tough work instead of a girl. I now know that it’s my time to finally escape. I decided not to scare anyone, so I left without telling anyone. One of the white neighbors told me about the underground railroad, which was a system that blacks used to try to escape. I was just 29 when decided. I packed my quilt and some other survival things in a bag, and went out into the night. I hitched a wagon ride and was so happy, I decided to give him my quilt. Now that I’m free, I know that I need to risk my life to help my family, as well as other black slaves escape to freedom."

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I was just informed today by my brother that the master is planning to sell me. He's looking for a man to do the tough work instead of a girl. I now know that it's my time to finally escape. I...

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"Enslaved people were forced to wear spurs, iron collars, leg irons, and masks so that owners could easily control them. Shackles were used when slaves were forced to walk long distances and when they were transported in ships. The shackles made it difficult for enslaved people to run away. Shackles were used on enslaved people in America from 1619, when the first African slaves were brought to Virginia, until the 1860s."
https://undergroundrailroadthematicunit.weebly.com/artifacts.html

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"This key belongs to the John Rankin house which is located in Ripley, Ohio. The John Rankin house was one of the famous stations on the Underground Railroad. The famously photographed “Freedom Stairway” was a stairway made up on one hundred steps that led from the Ohio River to the John Rankin House. John Rankin (1793-1886) was a Presbyterian minister and educator who devoted much of his life to the antislavery movement. The house has several secret rooms in which fugitive slave were hidden. A light was placed in the window of the house to indicate that it was safe for fugitive slaves to approach. (Key was used from 1822-1865)"
https://undergroundrailroadthematicunit.weebly.com/artifacts.html

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"Thomas Cole was born in Jackson Co,. Alabama on the 8th of August, 1845....

"When the meat supply runs low, Mr. Sandson sends some slaves to kill a deer or wild hog or just any kind of game. He never sends me in any them bunches but I hoped he would and one day he calls me to go and says not to go off the plantation too far, but be sure bring home some meat. This the chance I been wanting, so when we gets to the hunting ground the leader says to scatter out, and I tells him me and another man goes north and make the circle round the river and meet about sundown. I crosses the river and goes north. I is going to the free country, where there ain't no slaves. I travels all that day and night up the river and follows the north star. Several times I think the blood hounds am trailing me and I gets in the big hurry. I is so tired I couldn't hardly move, but I gets in a trot.

"I is hoping and praying all the time I meets up with that Harriet Tubman woman. She the colored woman what takes slaves to Canada. She always travels the underground railroad, they calls it, travels at night and hides out in the day. She show sneaks them out the South and I thinks she's the brave woman.

"I eats all the nuts and kills a few swamp rabbits and catches a few fish. I builds the fire and goes off 'bout half a mile and hides in the thicket till it burns down to the coals, then bakes me some fish and rabbit. I is shaking all the time, afraid I'd get caught, but I is nearly starve to death. I puts the rest the fish in my cap and travels on that night by the north star and hides in a big thicket the next day and along evening I hears guns shooting. I sure am scared this time, sure enough. I is scared to come in and scared to go out, and while I is standing there, I hears two men say, 'Stick you hands up, boy. What you doing?' I says, 'Uh-uh-uh. I dunno. You ain't going take me back to the plantation, is you?' They says, 'No. Does you want to fight for the North?' I says I will, 'cause they talk like northern men...

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Harriet Tubman: Slave Stories | Underground Railroad Student Activity | Scholastic.com

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"Thomas Cole was born in Jackson Co,. Alabama on the 8th of August, 1845.... "When the meat supply runs low, Mr. Sandson sends some slaves to kill a deer or wild hog or just any kind of game.

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Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky 

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Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky 

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By: Faith Ringgold
Summary
"Through the character of 8-year-old Cassie Lightfoot in Tar Beach and Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky, Ringgold takes young readers on a flight through time and introduces them to famous people and events in American history. In Tar Beach, through her dreams and her ability to fly, Cassie makes things better for her family during the Great Depression. One night, while flying among the stars, Cassie and her brother, Be Be, encounter Harriet Tubman and learn about slavery in Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky."
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/154443/aunt-harriets-underground-railroad-in-the-sky-by-faith-ringgold/9780517885437/teachers-guide/

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Jared edt 346 I Movie; Aunt Harriet's underground railroad in the sky

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By: Ellen Levine

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By: Deborah Hopkinson

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Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson

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Descendants of William Still, a freedom story

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Descendants of William Still, a freedom story

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Interview Narrative: Descendants of Underground Railroad's William Still

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National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

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National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

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"The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center stands as a monument to freedom bringing to life the importance - and relevance - of struggles for freedom around the world, throughout history and today. The structure, specifically situated for the location's historical significance, is made up of three buildings that symbolize the cornerstones of freedom - courage, cooperation and perseverance, and the Freedom Center's curving architecture reflects the winding river and the often-changing path to freedom. Through its exhibits and programming, the Freedom Center offers an educational and inspiring experience for children and adults alike."

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The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center stands as a monument to freedom bringing to life the importance - and relevance - of struggles for freedom around the world, throughout history and today. The structure, specifically situated for the location's historical significance, is made up of three buildings that symbolize the cornerstones of freedom - courage, cooperation and perseverance, and the Freedom Center's curving architecture reflects the winding river and the often-changing path to freedom. Through its exhibits and programming, the Freedom Center offers an educational and inspiring experience for children and adults alike.

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National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

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The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center stands as a monument to freedom bringing to life the importance - and relevance - of struggles for freedom around the world, throughout history and today.

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This is a song that slaves sang as a code to share with escaping slaves to take "the trail in the water". This ensured that the masters and search dogs could not trace their path.

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"In lyrical text, Carol Boston Weatherford describes Harriet Tubman's spiritual journey as she hears the voice of God guiding her North to freedom on that very first trip to escape the brutal practice of forced servitude. Tubman, courageous and compassionate, and deeply religious, would take 19 subsequent trips back South, never being caught, but none as profound as this first. Harriet Tubman's bravery and relentless pursuit of freedom are a testament to the resilience of the human spirit."
https://avrl.catalogue.library.ns.ca/Record/686853/Excerpt