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Harriet Tubman 1820-1913

Word- //HERO// Definition- //noun//- some you look up to and can count on.

A hero is a word that has no real definition. Hero can mean alot of things by example, a hero can be superman a hero can be your parents, to every one a hero is someone to look up to and someone that you can count on. Harriet Tubman...

Most of your probably already know who Harriet Tubman is, your probably thinking, "oh yeah," I already know what she did. She helped alot of slaves to freedom. Well she did way more of that. She risked her own life, leaving behind the people that she loved like her family to help and rescue other people. If she was caught, she would have suffered severe consequences.

, Harriet could of started a life of her own and could of ran away from all the slavery. She was now a free women. But instead she went back to her plantation eleven times and she returned again and again. Each time she came back she would rescue about seventy slaves in the thirteen times that she went. She managed to finally free her family; she freed her three brothers, their wives, and some of their children. She had to make sure that she would go back to her plantation at the right time and on the right date. She wouldn't go in the early morning because then it would make it obvious she went at night so that no one would get caught/ there would be a less chance of someone getting caught. She would give directions of where to go, for the slaves that were going to head and escape north.

Most people would just think about themsleves and not go back again. Once they escaped, they would stay gone forever. But instead, Harriet Tubman kept going back. She put herself in such grave danger and each time she went she tried to disguise herself. Once she put a bonnet over her face and another time she pretended to read a newspaper. She carried revolver and wasn't afraid to use it. On her last mission she went to get her parents; Rita and Ben. So she traveled to the Eastern Shore and lead them north to St. Catharines in Canada. Her whole family met them their and they were all reunited at last.

Finally, when the American Civil War began, Harriet worked for the Union Army and became the first woman to lead an expedition in the war. She guided the raid of the Combahee River which freed more than seven hundred slaves. After she decided to continuing helping as many people as she can and she cared for her parents. She became part of the Women's Suffrage Movement. Harriet became ill and during that time she still risked everything to help and save others. During her life she saved so many slaves, more than anyone has. Today she is an American icon for her courage and freedom.