Harriet Tubman

The Treasury Department’s recent announcement that freedom fighter Harriet Tubman will replace President and slaveholder Andrew Jackson on the face of the $20 bill finally acknowledges Tubman’s place in the pantheon of American heroes. Most school children learn that Tubman, born a slave, freed herself and then risked her life time and again to return […]

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“#HarrietTubman said, "I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves." #theAncestors”

The Dixie Highway running through Florida is to be renamed in honor of Harriet Tubman. The slave turned freedom fighter achieved much in her life and is

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Biography Talk4writing yr 6 Harriet TubmanThe following 4 weeks of English have been carefully thought-out and planned for primarily yr 6 but can be taught to yr 5 as well.The first week looks at the features of a biography and recognises the key features with this children will learn about the famous abolitionist Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman was barely 5 feet tall and didn’t have a dime to her name. What she did have was a deep faith and powerful passion for justice that was fueled by a network of Black and white abolitionists determined to end slavery in America.

Harriet Ross Tubman’s heroic rescue effort on behalf of slaves before and during the Civil War was a lifetime fight against social injustice and oppression. Most people are aware of her role as what historian John Hope Franklin considered the greatest conductor for the Underground Railroad.

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