Moses Last Exodus Report

Moses’ Last Exodus written by Adam Goodheart spoke of a trip Harriet Tubman took to rescue her sister and her two kids. Harriet heard of her sister’s death, and the two children never showed up at the planned meeting area. Harriet instead led a family of five and another man to safety. I learned that in ten years, Harriet had managed to help 6 dozen people escape. I also found out that only about a thousand slaves escaped each year compared to the approximately 4 million slave population. It seems like such a small number and yet the Underground Railroad made such an impact in history. I suppose it was a way to show that the slave holders did not have the control they thought they did. I would enjoy hearing about a more detailed Underground

Railroad escape.
Harriet Tubman’s Great Raid written by Paul Donnelly detailed on how Harriet Tubman was not a wise woman who knew everything. She did not speak a common language of the costal slaves, she did not know where to lead troops in certain plantations, and she did not know how to read or write. She was a fish out of water and yet she survived, she succeeded. Harriet helped plan a raid that rescued hundreds of slaves. There were four ships, not enough to carry all the freed slaves. When some of the slaves held the rowboats ashore to keep others from escaping, all Harriet did was sing a song, like a spell the slaves rejoiced and escaped by rowboats and on foot. The fact that Harriet was able to sing and calm hundreds of frantic people confuses and amazes me at the same time. I cannot help but wonder why she choose the particular song that she did and if she knew any others. This article mentioned how many sources glorified the story of Harriet Tubman’s raid, it worries me and causes me to think about the stories I have been taught and how much they have been altered.