Harriet Tubman Overcoming Slavery Essay

Harriet Tubman Overcoming Slavery In the year 1825 in Maryland a true hero was born. This hero did the impossible. This hero dared to do what no one else would do. This hero devoted her life to making America better. This hero overcame something that no one at the time thought would ever be overcame. This hero is Harriet Tubman. No one since Harriet has devoted their whole life to one thing and overcoming it and making a huge difference, which was slavery. From being a toddler to the day of her death she devoted all of it to making a difference in slavery, and she sure did make quite a difference. From being a slave herself to freeing over one thousand slaves Harriet Tubman is a true hero. Imagining America without having Harriet

Harriet changed America into a better place and was one of the main reasons that slavery came to an end. Harriet Tubman overcame slavery by escaping persecution, risking her life, and refusing to give up. One of the things that Harriet Tubman did to overcome slavery was by escaping persecution. Escaping slavery was always on Harriet's mind ever since she was just a young child. Harriet was born straight into bondage when she was born in 1825. Majority of Harriet's family were involved in slavery. Her mother was sent from Africa on a slave ship to America to be a slave. Harriet, whose real name was Rit, began working in hard as a house servant when she was just five. Two years later Harriet knew that she had to escape from her hard life as a slave. When Harriet was seven she ran away from her homeowner to freedom alone. It was not until a short time later that she realized that she could not make it living on her own just being seven years old. She soon returned back to being a slave, but escaping was always in the back of her mind and she knew that she must escape for good when she was capable of it. Many years later now when Harriet was nineteen she met a a freed slave whose name was John Tubman. She went on to

After escaping once when she was seven yet having to return back, she knew that she could not just stop there. Repeatedly Harriet would try to escape and when something it did not work out and she was sent back to her hard life as a slave, there was no way she would have stopped there. Harriet would try and try again planning out ways to escape until one night she did. Even when she was a young girl working hard on the plantation, or in the house as a servant she still never quit on what she was doing. If she gave up on just one thing in the Underground Railroad Harriet would have never freed the thousands that she did. If Harriet would have given up on just one thing she would have never made it to be a free black woman. Throughout every single thing that Harriet Tubman she never ever once gave up. Giving up meant no freedom, no happy life, no better America. Not only did she refuse to give up but she would power through everything and work hard. Tom Allen says in his book Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent that “She was five feet two inches tall, born into slavery, had a debilitating illness, and still could not read or write. Yet she was this strong tough woman who could take charge and lead men.” That shows how much of a strong woman Harriet was and shows that she never gave up. Just imagine if Harriet Tubman was not as strong as she really is, or did not power through everything, or maybe just gave up on one thing. A