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Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman was a humanitarian activist. During the American Civil War, she was a key player in the operation of the Underground Railroad.

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How did Harriet Tubman husband help her?

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Harriet Tubman's Husband helped her win her freedom, or as it was believed. Because Harriet was going to marry a free man, this caused HER freedom also. But any children that she gave birth to, would be enslaved.

Which year did harriet Tubman rescue her parents?

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There is no date given for when Harriet Tubman's parents died. Reports suggest that they lived to an old age and died of natural causes.

What was Harriet's last name?

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Tubman.

Why did harriet Tubman decide to go back to the south?

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she wanted her family to be free from slavery as she was...

What challenges did Harriet Tubman face on her quest?

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she made it 19 trips in 10 years to save 300 slaves

she did this because she didn't think slavery was right and

she wanted to all help other people slavery cause our safe from north, no more slaves. All people cause happy safe from north safe place. They never catch Harriet Tubman was very Smart hide place..

How did Harriet Tubman know where to go on her way north?

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Harriet Tubman knew where to go on her way north thabks to an old "negro spiritual" that was sung by slaves called follow the drinking gourd. It had a hidden meaning known by slaves and underground railroad operators. The song was filled with double meanings and hidden instructions on how to escape to the north, where they would be free from slavery. a gourd was a tool used for retreaving water for drinking. It's hidden meaning was code name for the Big Dipper star formation, which points to Polaris, the Pole Star, and North.

Was john Tubman important in Harriet Tubman?

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Only in that he was free Negro and Harriet was not. Story told that he took money for her freedom to save himself. She ran away north and he did not.

Was supposedly her husband

Harriet returned many times to take family ie mother, sister and brothers to freedom.

Also brought many others time after time. Husband would not leave with ther.

Harriet also was important to Union army. She acted as guide for army in taking

southern forts and ports.

What was going on when Harriet Tubman was alive?

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Harriet Tubman's lifetime was a horrible life time because there were people who did not like her color, race, and people like her.

A fact about Harriet Tubman that not a lot of people know?

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Harriet Tubman was a spy and a nurse and a cook

Harriet also bit a white mans knee because she was mad because he was about to beat somebody. she was married to a man younger than her. Also when died the people made a statue of her.

Did Alexander the Great make any bad decisions?

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Of course he did, he may have been great but he wasn't perfect. During a drunken argument he killed his officer and loyal friend Black Cleitus, a man who had saved his life.

How was Harriet Tubman influential to your country?

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Harriet Tubman was influential to our country because Harriet Tubman was also a person who stood up for rights and didn't like slavery and did her best to escape it she was influential that she led the country on to escape slavery to move on get away to be something more. And if it wasn't for Tubman slaves or anyone wouldn't even know today about the North Star. so Tubman taught and really led us on to be something. BY:KEKE

Why is harriet Tubman remembered in history?

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Harriet Tubman was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the American Civil War.

After escaping from slavery, into which she was born, she made 13 missions to rescue more than 70 slaves using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. She later helped John Brown recruit men for his raid on Harpers Ferry, and in the post-war era struggled for women's suffrage.

Why did Harriet Tubman wear a bandanna all the time?

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Because she saw another slave arguing with a slave master and the slave master hit her on the head

Did harriet Tubman go to elementray school?

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Harriet Tubman didn't get any education except maybe in her later years.

Read more: Did_Harriet_Tubman_ever_go_to_school

Did Harriet Tubman win anything?

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yes she did she won a medal for a war nurse

Who were some of the people that helped Harriet Tubman?

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When Tubman first started her escape, she was help by neighbors who told her how to find her first destination. When she got to the first house, the people put her in a wagon and covered her with a sack, then drove her to the next destination. When she got to Philadelphia, she met a man named William Still. Still was the stationmaster of the Underground Railroad. After that, she started helping Still and the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society to navigate other slaves to freedom.

What was Harriet Tubman job in childhood?

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Well she was born into slavery and so well she couldn't really have a job during her childhood. So she did cotton picking and other slave chores.

What state did Harriet Tubman escape to?

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She ran away to the North, where there was no slavery. She went to New Jersey, I think

Was Harriet Tubman smart?

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Yes!..Harriet Tubman was a smart woman!

How did the reward for her capture affect tubmans later trips to the south?

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slave owners were furious at having their property stolen. they offer as much as 40,000 for harriet tubmans capture

How old was Harriet Tubman when she started working?

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Harriet Tubman did not start slavery. Slavery has been a fact for many thousands of years, long before she was born

What job was harriet Tubman hired out to do?

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Harriet Tubman was hired out because her master wanted quick simple cash,so he rented slaves to people in exchange for money.

Why did Harriet Tubman decide to settle in Canada?

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