Harriet Tubman Day
March 10th is “Harriet Tubman Day.” Tubman was an abolitionist. This means that she worked to get rid of slavery. She helped many slaves escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Using resources in the classroom and the Internet, learn five (5) facts about Harriet Tubman and/or the Underground Railroad and summarize them in your own words.
Five Facts on Harriet Tubman
1) She was a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
2) She helped over 100,000 slaves escape to Freedom over her lifetime. (19 trips and 300 slaves)
3) She was born in 1820 or 1821 in Maryland.
4) In 1857 she lead her parents to freedom.
5) She worked for the Union army as a spy and scout.
I like how you put them in order step by step. I also like how you did not like put them like you do not care and you really put hard work in this.
Five Facts on Harriet Tubman:
1: She was born in Maryland in 1820 or 1821
2: Harriet help about 300 slaves to freedom and never lost one.
3: If a slave tried turn back on the to the north, she threatened to shoot them.
4: In 1857, she lead her parents out of slavery to freedom.
5: She worked for the Union army as a spy and a scout.
5 facts on Harriet Tubman
1. Harriet Tubman was born in 1821 or 1820.
2. Harriet Tubman helped 300 slaves escape slavery.
3. She was a conductor for the Underground Railroad.
4. She helped African Americans who could not help themselves.
5. Harriet Tubman was a nurse, a spy, and a scout.
1. Harriet was born in Maryland in 1820 or 1821.
2. Harriet had to leave her parents and so did her sisters.
3. She stayed in a pigpen for five days because she ate some of her master’s sugar and she was going to get whipped.
4. Harriet’s owner had died so she had to have a new owner.
5. Harriet had a scar on her head because the overseer threw a weight at a runaway slave, but it hit Harriet instead.
1. Harriet was born in Maryland in 1820 or 1821.
2. Harriet lived in a log cabin with dirt floors and worn out blankets for beds.
3. Around 1826 Minty, which is Harriet’s nickname, when she was six Mr. Brodas hired her out.
4. Harriet took a handful of sugar and was brought to get whipped. She was too fast and didn’t get caught, but she hid in the pigpen for days.
5. She was the leader of the Underground Railroad.
1) Harriet was a slave for many years.
2) Harriet got a two-pound weight thrown at her head.
3) Harriet worked in the military as a spy and a scout.
4) Harriet turned her house over to the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion Church.
5) Harriet died at age 93 from pneumonia in Auburn, New York.
It sounds like Harriet Tubman was a real hero and she worked in the army! If I were in the army I’d be hiding in the corner eating donats.Harriet Tubman sounds like a cool and brave person.
Harriet Tubman was brave. Harriet Tubman’s real name was Minty. Tubman’s mommy’s real name was Harriet. Tubman’s daddy’s name was Ben. Harriet was a nurse, spy and cook in the Civil War.
1. In 1834, Harriet Tubman was hit in the head with a weight.
2. When Harriet turned six, she was hired out.
3. Around 1844, Harriet made her first quilt with many colors.
4. Harriet lived from 1820 (or 1821) to 1913.
5. When Harriet first got to the free state of Pennsylvania she worked at a hotel.
Five facts about Harriet Tubman
1. She was born in 1820 or 1821.
2. In 1857, she had led her parents to freedom.
3. She worked for the Union army as a spy and scout.
4. Harriet had helped over 100,000 slaves escape to freedom over her life time. (She had made 19 trips and saved over 300 slaves.)
5. Harriet was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad
5 facts on Harriet Tubman
(1) Harriet Tubman was born in 1820-1821 in Maryland.
(2) In 1849, Harriet Tubman escaped to freedom.
(3) After Harriet Tubman was free, she made 19 trips back to the south and freed nearly 300 slaves.
(4) Harriet Tubman worked as a spy and scout in the Union army.
(5) In 1896, Harriet Tubman bought 25 acres of land and opened up a home for elderly African Americans.
Five facts on Harriet Tubman;
1) She was born sometime around 1820 or 1821 in Maryland.
2) In 1844, she married John Tubman at age 23.
3) Harriet Tubman opened “The Tubman House” for African Americans who were less fortunate and needed a home.
4) In 1869, Sarah Bradford published a book titled “Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman.”
5) Harriet Tubman dies at age 93 in 1913.
Five facts on Harriet Tubman
1) Harriet was born around 1820 or 1821.
2) Harriet’s nickname was Minty.
3) Harriet led slaves to freedom in 19 trips with a total of 300 slaves over her lifetime.
4) Harriet had a 40,000 dollar reward for the person who found her.
5) Harriet was a spy and nurse in the Union army.
Five Facts about Harriet Tubman.
1. Born a slave, Harriet Tubman grew into a brave and daring young woman.
2. Harriet Tubman is called Moses, like the one from the Bible.
3. Harriet Tubman one time stood in front of an overseer so another slave would not get hit in the head. The overseer picked up a two pound weight and hit Harriet in the head instead. She had blackouts for the rest of her life.
4. Harriet Tubman’s mother hoped to protect her little girl, whose nickname was Minty.
5. One day, Harriet stole sugar from the table of her master’s and her master chased Harriet with a whip. So Harriet hid in a pigpen for five days.
Five facts about Harriet Tubman
1. She was born sometime around 1820 or 1821.
2. As a young child, Harriet Tubman’s nickname was Minty.
3. In 1844, she fell in love with John Tubman.
4. Harriet Tubman sometimes dressed like a man.
5. At one time people put up signs for a $40,000 reward if they found Harriet Tubman.
Five facts about Harriet Tubman
1) She was a former slave who risked her life to help other slaves escape to freedom.
2) She was a nurse who saved soldiers’ lives during the Civil War.
3) She was a Civil War spy who helped the Union Army.
4) She helped slaves escape North to freedom.
5) She was born around 1820 and died in 1913.
(1) Harriet Tubman’s nickname as a child was Minty.
(2) Harriet Tubman’s real name at birth was Araminta Ross.
(3) Harriet Tubman saved a slave by blocking an overseer that threw a weight. It hit her in the head and for the rest of her life she had fainting spells.
(4) I learned that Harriet Tubman was a nurse and a scout for the Union.
(5) I learned that Harriet was 93 years old when she died.
Five facts that I learned about Harriet Tubman
1. She helped over 300 slaves escape and she never lost one single passenger (a slave who is escaping).
2. She helped a slave escape and the overseer (a person who doesn’t let slaves escape) throw a brick at her. Instead of hitting the slave, it hit Harriet because he missed the slave.
3. She was a nurse in the army and made root beer and snacks at night for the Union men.
4. She lead people in the Union army to take down a path that the south needed.
5. She was born in 1820 and died in 1913 in Auburn, New York.
6. She was chosen to replace mean old Andrew Jackson on the 20 dollar bill. She will be on there in 2018.
1 She was born somewhere around 1820 or 1821.
2 She was hired out by Mr. Brodas.
3 She lead her parents out of slavery. (Her parents were about maybe 80 or 84 years old.)
4 She was hit in the head with a weight trying to save a slave.
5 She died March 10, 1913.
5 facts Harriet Tubman
1.Harriet’s nickname was Minty.
2.Harriet’s parents names were Old Rit (Harriet) and Ben.
3.She was born in 1820 or 1821.
4.Harriet’s husbands name was John Tubman.
5.She was a scout spy and a nurse during the Civil War.
1) Harriet Tubman was born in the year of 1820 or 1821 in Maryland.
2)When Harriet Tubman was only six her life changed she got hired out to a lady named Mrs. Cook.
3) Harriet helped over 100,000 pepole escape to freedom dean her lifetime she made (19 trips and never lost one of her 300 slaves)
4) She was also a spy,scout,cook,and nurse for the Union army.
5) She built a nursing home for sick old African Americans.
Five Facts About Harriet Tubman
1) She she was a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
2) She freed 300 slave’s and made 19 trips to south.
3) She was born in 1820 or 1821 in Maryland. ( No one new the exact day she was born)
4) In 1857 she led her parents to freedom.
5) Harriet worked for the Union army.