https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn By: Cathrine Clinton en-us 2022-02-02 17:54:37 UTC 2022-04-02 05:02:29 UTC hello@padlet.com villabri000_3_1 https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086625787 Clinton, Catherine. Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom. Little, Brown, 2004. ]]> 2022-03-09 17:58:16 UTC https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086625787 villabri000_3_1 https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086628619 At a young age, Harriet's childhood was presented as tough. Araminta (Harriet's real name) was born one county over headquarters where the Canon gang was (a gang where they kidnapped free blacks/sold them in Virginia). Her siblings were bid off and she watched how each of her siblings went away. At the age of 5, she was sent off to a white person's home, slept on the floor, and had to take care of a baby while doing domestic tasks.]]> 2022-03-09 17:59:42 UTC https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086628619 villabri000_3_1 https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086629770 Araminta faith was Christianity mainly because her mom would tell her Bible stories. As she got to adolescence she learned that slave-owners wanted complete control over slaves, so any type of worship was strictly supervised or restricted expressions of faith.



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 "Masters demanded complete control of every aspect of slaves' lives" (21)]]> 2022-03-09 18:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086629770 villabri000_3_1 https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086630509 While working in the field Araminta got hit in the head by a lead weight causing her to have a deep and severe wound.



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"She later recalled that she had been wearing a covering on her head, and when the weight struck her it broke my skull and cut a piece of that shawl clean off and drove it into my head" (22)]]> 2022-03-09 18:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086630509 villabri000_3_1 https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086630801 Araminta got married to John Tubman but feared that when she would have kids they would get snatched away by the slave power. Though that never happened, Araminta or John couldn't have children.]]> 2022-03-09 18:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086630801 villabri000_3_1 https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086631331 Once Araminta would be free her new name would be Harriet since those who escaped needed new names to not be identified. She was able to escape safely arriving in Philadelphia.]]> 2022-03-09 18:01:06 UTC https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086631331 villabri000_3_1 https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086631740 Nat Turner (ex-slave) and others killed nearly 60 white people and was known for different reasons, white people portrayed him as blood-thirsty/rapist, while African Americans viewed him as herotic. Eventually Nat Turner was sentenced to die.


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"The most famous uprising of the era was Nat Turner's revolt, which erupted spontaneously in the summer of 1831, in Southampton County, Virgina, less than a hundred miles from where the young Araminta was living. Turner's band of more than fifty slave followerd decided to liberate themselves, killing nearly sixty whites in the process." (41)]]> 2022-03-09 18:01:16 UTC https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086631740 villabri000_3_1 https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086632047 In 1830 1/12 Philadelphians were black and by 1847 Philadelphia was the largest place with a city and county population of 20,000 blacks. Philadelphia was not only a fugitive state but 2,000 black school children were enrolled in segregated public schools, and charities were formed to help those who came from slave states.]]> 2022-03-09 18:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086632047 villabri000_3_1 https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086632429 Those who escaped slavery were helped by Gerrit Smith, Calvin Fairbank, and Thomas Garrett.

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"But a new breed of antislavery leader, notably philanthropist Gerrit Smith, did more. Smith began as a reform-minded businessman but converted into a radical abolitionist firebrand and Liberty Party politician." (70)]]> 2022-03-09 18:01:41 UTC https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086632429 villabri000_3_1 https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086632780 Though she was able to successfully bring some of her family members over, on her third operation she wanted to bring her husband with her. Though she would have to be more careful since she would be getting closer to home. Sadly she wasn't able to persuade her husband (John Tubman) to come with her.]]> 2022-03-09 18:01:53 UTC https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086632780 villabri000_3_1 https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086633088 A group of 11 people including Harriet, her brother William Henry, and his wife Catherine. They were able to successfully escape using Frederick Douglass's house as a safe house.

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"He recalled in his autobiography: "On one occasion I had eleven fugitives at the same time under my roof, and it was necessary for them to remain with me until I could collect sufficient money to get them to Canada" (84)]]> 2022-03-09 18:02:03 UTC https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086633088 villabri000_3_1 https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086633473 During her life in Canada it was difficult not only for her, but South refugees, and those who recently arrived mainly because of the weather.

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The weather was bitterly cold. This created harships forall refugees from the South, but especially recent arrivals. Poorly clothed and indigent, exiles earned their keep by chopping wood and finding odd jobs in the community. Many died of respiratory illnesses related to the harsh weather" (105)


]]> 2022-03-09 18:02:17 UTC https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086633473 villabri000_3_1 https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086633823 While things got riskier, Harriet Tubman was going to deliver her chargers across the border and come back within weeks. She was gone for nearly 4 months since she was pushing her luck.]]> 2022-03-09 18:02:30 UTC https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086633823 villabri000_3_1 https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086635109 John Brown and Harriet both met each other though John Brown was more of a violent type. He also viewed women that it wasn't feminine of them to be part of his armed resistance but Harriet was an exception since he needed her, and on November 2nd he was sentenced to be hanged.

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"Brown watched as many men quacked over his plans; he doubted women could ever fully embrace his plots for armed resistance. He believed it was against their feminine nature" (129)

]]> 2022-03-09 18:03:16 UTC https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086635109 villabri000_3_1 https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086635759 Harriet Tubman at first was reluctant to support Abraham Lincoln being a republican president and wanted to see for herself if he'd kill the snake (slavery). In January 1863, Abraham Lincoln killed the snake.]]> 2022-03-09 18:03:37 UTC https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086635759 villabri000_3_1 https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086636542 Harriet Tubman helped as a nurse (Union Army) during the War. Though she didn't recieve any recognition.

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"By this time the forty-year-old Tubman had given years to the Union effort-with no regular salary, no back pays, no recognition of her valuable contributions" (188)]]> 2022-03-09 18:04:03 UTC https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2086636542 villabri000_3_1 https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2102227614 Harriet returns back to where she used to live (New York, Auburn) and helped people.

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"She collected funds for freedpeople's schools and hospitals" (192)]]> 2022-03-18 16:31:40 UTC https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2102227614 villabri000_3_1 https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2102227984 Nelson Charles was someone Harriet knew during her service. She and Nelson fell in love and got married where they both lived quietly in Harriet's house. In 1888 Nelson died because of an illness.]]> 2022-03-18 16:31:57 UTC https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2102227984 villabri000_3_1 https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2102228184 Since she was an escaped slave, she had a different name and documents so when Nelson died the government requested the proof of Nelson and Harriet's documents. Eventually she was able to prove her identity.]]> 2022-03-18 16:32:06 UTC https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2102228184 villabri000_3_1 https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2102228344 In March 1913, Harriet was very sick and felt that death was near. On March 10, 1913, Harriet Tubman passes away.]]> 2022-03-18 16:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2102228344 villabri000_3_1 https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2102228517 She was buried with military honors and people organized her an event.

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"Shortly after her death, the town of Auburn decided to dedicate a plaque in her honor to be placed on a public building" (215)]]> 2022-03-18 16:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2102228517 villabri000_3_1 https://padlet.com/villabri000_3_1/6wrp9iyqn769benn/wish/2126252450 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html#:~:text=Tubman%20was%20born%20a%20slave,the%20rest%20of%20her%20life.

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