Harriet Tubman

 

Harriet Tubman

 

Who Was Harriet Tubman?

• Harriet Tubman was an American hero who helped many people escape from slavery.

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🔓 She Escaped Slavery Herself

• She was born a slave in Maryland around 1822.

• In 1849, she escaped to freedom in the North. She was 27 years old.

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🚂 Leader of the Underground Railroad

• Tubman helped more than 70 slaves escape using secret routes and safe houses called the Underground Railroad.

• She made 13 trips back to the South, risking her life each time!

🤔 Did Harriet Tubman Go Back 13 or 19 Times?

• You might hear different numbers, like 13 or 19, and here's why:

  • 🛤️ Harriet Tubman made about 13 trips herself back to the South to help people escape slavery.

  • 👣 Some people say she made 19 trips—that might include times she helped plan escapes or gave directions, even if she didn’t go herself.

  • No matter the number, Harriet Tubman was super brave and helped many people find freedom. She risked her life again and again to help others, and that’s what makes her a hero!

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🕵️‍♀️ Nickname: "Moses"

• People called her "Moses" because she led her people to freedom, just like the Moses in the Bible.

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💪 Brave Spy and Nurse in the Civil War

• During the Civil War, she worked as a spy, scout, and nurse for the Union Army.

• She helped plan a raid that freed over 700 slaves!

Harriet Tubman (1978)

by Eloise Greenfield

Harriet Tubman didn't take no stuff
Wasn't scared of nothing neither
Didn't come in this world to be no slave
And wasn't going to stay one either

"Farewell!" she sang to her friends one night
She was mighty sad to leave 'em
But she ran away that dark, hot night
Ran looking for her freedom

She ran to the woods and she ran through the woods
With the slave catchers right behind her
And she kept on going till she got to the North
Where those mean men couldn't find her

Nineteen times she went back South
To get three hundred others
She ran for her freedom nineteen times
To save Black sisters and brothers
Harriet Tubman didn't take no stuff
Wasn't scared of nothing neither
Didn't come in this world to be no slave
And didn't stay one either

And didn't stay one either