By: Levi McDowell http://images.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1024&bih=587&q=harriet+tubman&gb v=2&oq=harriet+tubman&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_l=img.3..0l10.6235l15282l0l16328l14l14l0l4l4l0l453l196 7l2-5j1j1l7l0.&safe=active Intro. Harriet Tubman is a very inspiring person of the civil rights movement and slavery. Harriet risked her live for other slaves to be free. She is a VERY big part in American and African Americans history. When Harriet retired from being a conductor she moved to Auburn, New York where she died of a disease. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki /File:State_Street_from_G enesee_Street,_Auburn,_ NY.jpg Harriet http://www.br ainpopjr.com/ socialstudies/ biographies/h arriettubman/ preview.weml was born on a plantation in 1820. Conductor When Harriet got free she became a conductor an helped hundreds of people free. http://www.americancivilwar. com/women/harriet_tubman .html Determined Harriet was very determined to get free and let other blacks be free.If someone tried to go back wile she was cunducting the railroad she would put a gun to there head. http://www.alinc olnlearning.us/L incoln_Reading _Two_files/imag e002.jpg Education Even though Harriet didn’t know how to read or write she still valued education. http://upload.wikim edia.org/wikipedia/ commons/f/fb/Old_ book__Timeless_Books.j pg Family Harriet Tubman with her family, Auburn, New York, circa 1887. Harriet Tubman, adopted daughter Gertie Davis, husband Nelson Davis, great-great-niece Lee Cheney, Alexander, Walter Green, Sarah http://www.ha Parker, great-niece Dora Stewart. rriettubmanbi ography.com/ id14.html Flying Geese The flying geese was a quilt that they used so the slaves knew they were cunductors of the under grond railroad. http://www.equiltpatterns.com/images/Flying_Geese.jpg Honored Harriet Tubman is honored by blacks and whites. http://florida4h.org/news/marketing/page10clipart/bw-print_community-people.gif Harriet was like a rat creeping through a sewer a night hiding in the shadows from al the “Slave hunters”. John Tubman Harriet married John Tubman and had one adopted kid. http://upload.wikimedia.or g/wikipedia/commons/thu mb/7/7a/Frederick_Dougl ass_by_Samuel_J_Miller %2C_1847-52.jpg/220pxFrederick_Douglass_by_ Samuel_J_Miller%2C_18 47-52.jpg Key Dates Slaves had key dates to run away to Canada. They were On fogy days so they wouldn’t get caught. Leader Harriet Tubman was the leader or conductor of the railroad she first brought her family to freedom the other slaves no slave died on the railroad with Harriet. Mother Now one knows what Harriet's moms name was. http://www.mchenrycountyturningpoint.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/harriet-tubman.jpg Nat Turner Nat inspired Harriet to lead slaves to freedom. When Nat tried to steal guns and let the slaves free Harriet was instantly inspired by Nat Turner http://mikeely.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/nat_turner.jpg Owned Harriet was owned by a White Person mostly all of her life. Plantation Harriet was on a plantation that grew cotton and other stuff. It was very hard being a slave you got wiped if you did something wrong. Your hands would be so blistered they would bleed. http://www.sonofthesouth.net/slavery/photographs/plantation-slaves.jpg Quilt codes Conductors would use quilts so the slaves would know the wouldn’t hurt them. Run away Slaves would have to run very fast and be stealthy so they wouldn’t get caught by slave hunters. http://christineshistory.com/runaway.jpg Segregation Harriet lived through slavery and segregation . http://rmparchive.com/images/ho sting/600Border/LC1140600Border.jpg Tricks Harriet would use trick so she wouldn’t get caught. She would sprinkle pepper on her trail so the dogs wouldn’t be able to sniff her down. Under ground rail road The underground rail road is series of abolitionists who helped slaves get to freedom. Vanished Harriet would bring back a group of slaves then she would lay low for a month then get another groups to freedom. http://library.byways.org/a/static_maps/000/001/006/MD_Harriet_Tubman_web.gif War Ends When the Civil war ended ALL slaves were set free. But they still had sights that said," Whites Only”. This was called segregation. Explore When Harriet ran away she felt very happy and after she bring back a lot of slaves she moved to New York. Young Harriet was still young when she went on the railroad. http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Tubman.html http://www.clker.com/clipart-stick-man-4.html Zigzag Harriet would use zigzag patterns to keep the slave owners from catching them. http://zigzagtheplains.com/ Conclusion Harriet Tubman played a very big part in the roll of slavery. She is one of the most bravest people in the world. http://www.harriettubmanbiography.com/ Word cited http://www.biography.com/people/harriet-tubman-9511430 http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/People_and_Society/Biography/Civil_Rights_Lead ers/Tubman%2C_Harriet/ http://www.harriettubmanbiography.com/id14.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrit_tubman http://images.google.com/