Transcript Harriet Tubman - Marcellus High School

Victoria C. and Emily G.
Mrs. Harts - 4th grade 2013
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Harriet was born in 1820 or 1821
She was born in Maryland
She was called Minty and she was know as Moses
to her people
Harriet got taken away from her family to become
a slave
She got whipped if she did not do her work as a
slave
Harriet conducted the underground railroad
She did not go to school, instead she cooked with
her mom
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Harriet did not go to school, but her father taught
her things
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Slaves studied reading and writing in secret. She
was one of those slaves.
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Harriet’s interest is leading slaves to freedom
 Harriet was a famous slave
 she was famous for leading so many slaves to
freedom
 She lead over 300 people to freedom and made
at least 19 trips
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Being a slave
In a store there was a slave who left their master.
The master came and was trying to get the slave,
but the slave ran out the door of the store. The
slave had a piece of metal thrown at him, but it did
not hit him it hit Harriet and she almost died.
When she was on her way to freedom she saw
some slave hunters nearby so Harriet, covered
herself in mud to blend in and surprisingly she was
not seen
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Slaves were called “ chattel” it meant they were pieces of
property
Harriet was very strong and a hard worker
In 1831 there were new laws. 1. Slaves were not allowed to
gather in groups 2. Slaves were not suppose to talk while they
work 3. Slaves were never to be on public roads with out a
pass from their masters. The old rules became much stricter
because of Nat Turner
Harriet died at age 93
When she stopped bringing people to freedom she lived in
Auburn, New York
She carried a gun
There is a place called Harriet Tubman Square and there is a
statue of her
Harriet Tubman." Biog Harriet Tubman."
Biogaphy.com. N.d., Web. 12 Mar.
2013. <http://www.biography.com.
 McDonough, Yona Z. Who was Harriet
Tubman. New York, New York: Penguin
Books, 2002. Print.
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