Comparing Harriet Tubman And The Woman Called Moses

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The two essays about Harriet have many similarities and differences. I’m going to begin with the things they have in common. The texts are both informative. They are also both about Harriet Tubman. However, they both focus on very different things. I’m going to begin with text titled The Woman Called Moses. This article focuses on her emotions while being a slave. It continues to after she had been freed, when she was a conductor in the underground railroad. This article uses imagery, descriptive words to demonstrate how she was freed and how she felt during the process. The text focuses more on what she did before moving on to the Union and doing work as a spy. In the article called Leaders Of The Civil War Era: Harriet Tubman focuses more

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