From Oprah Winfrey:
"I am where I am because of the bridges that I crossed. Sojourner Truth was a bridge. Harriet Tubman was a bridge. Ida B. Wells was a bridge. Madame C. J. Walker was a bridge. Fannie Lou Hamer was a bridge."
From Harriet Tubman:
" I grew up like a neglected weed -- ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it."
Both quotes from: Womenshistory
Who was Harriet Tubman?
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Harriet Tubman was a runaway slave from Maryland who became known as the "Moses of her people." Over the course of 10 years, and at great personal risk, she led hundreds of slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad, a secret network of safe houses where runaway slaves could stay on their journey north to freedom. She later became a leader in the abolitionist movement, and during the Civil War she was a spy with for the federal forces in South Carolina as well as a nurse.
America's Story Site about the Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman
Pathways to Freedom: Maryland and the Underground Railroad
Site Created by Second Graders with helpful information (timeline) Take the quiz!
Harriet
Tubman
Fugitive slave, Underground Railroad conductor, Civil War nurse and soldier,
women's rights advocate and social reformer
A modern pilgrimage--includes
pictures of important locations on the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman A Woman Called Moses
Kids Links to Underground Railroad
Many related links
More links the the Underground Railroad
Underground Railroad National Geographic
Lifesaver Hero: Harriet Tubman
Strategies to use during reading from Scholastic
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