1. Who are you? (Name, Age)
2. Where are you? (Location in USA)
3. What is the date?(a specific date as well as one contemporary event from the periods to give your narrative historical context)
4. In your experience, does our democratic government establish equality among Americans? (Explain your answer)
5.What are the challenges to equality that you or those around you experience? How are those challenges overcome?
Nick/ Period 4/ Harriet Tubman/ Underground-Worker
August 25, 1849 Between Preston and Harmony, Maryland
I decided that I'm running away, heading north towards Philadelphia where I’ll be free. Even though I was born into slavery in Maryland, I am no different than anybody else. I want the same rights as the people who keep me in slavery. I always felt that, just because my skin is darker, I should not have to serve people who abuse me. I especially felt this when I was twelve and my master hit me in the head with a heavy iron weight. I was unconscious for days but I survived. I still have seizures from that day. It was at that moment I knew I was going to run away. I asked my husband John, and my brothers to come with me. John outright refused and said there was no reason to move North. I wanted to be free from the chance that one of us may be sold and split apart. He was too afraid of being killed, but I’m still going, I’m not afraid, I rather be dead than enslaved. My brothers started the trip with me. They knew that I got some information from a kindly white neighbor who told me how to find the first house on the path to freedom. At the first house, I got in a wagon, covered with a sack, and drove quietly, following the North Star in the sky to guide us to freedom. My brothers wouldn’t get in the wagon, afraid of being killed, but I’m still going, nothing is going to hold me back from freedom. We are heading towards the Mason Dixon line, towards Philadelphia where I can be free to work and make my own money. I have never known this type of life. I know that I deserve freedom and I am so blessed that I have some white people who believe that I deserve the same kind of freedoms they have. They are helping me and I want to do the same thing when I reach freedom. I want all of my family to be free. I don’t understand why the people in the south want to enslave us, they are cruel and unjust. God made all of us equal and I know that no matter what the color of your skin, everyone deserves equal rights. I will make sure that someday we will all have freedom.
The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution it is states that “all men are created equal and that all men are endowed by their creator certain inalienable rights” and that it is the government’s job to protect these rights and “establish justice” for all men. It is not just the way my people have been treated. I heard that in Kentucky there has been talk of emancipation and the evils of slavery. I know that many American’s agree that we are American’s, despite our position in life and that we should all have the same unalienable rights as stated in the constitution, “among these are Life, Liberty and The pursuit of Happiness. I want to make sure that all of my people have opportunity. I will make sure to come back and help those who are enslaved escape. I will find a way to help set them free.
Works Cited JSTOR, ITHAKA, and Clement Eaton. “Notes and Documents.” www.jstor.org. N.p., 2000-2010. Web. 24 Mar. 2010. . Library of Congress. “Harriet Tubman Runaway Slave Underground Railroad Conductor.” americancivilwar.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2010. . Listed on 7th-10th, Page. “Harriet Ross Tubman (1819-1913) timeline.” www.math.buffalo.edu. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2010. . New York History Net. “The Life of Harriet Tubman - New York History Net.” nyhistory.com. N.p., 20 Feb. 2008. Web. 24 Mar. 2010. . Stein, Jess, and Laurence Urdang. The Random House Dictionary of the English Language. New York: Random House, INC., 1967,1966. Print. Thinkquest.org. library.thinkquest.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2010. . Www.civilwarhome.com. “Harriet Tubman Biography Page.” www.civilwarhome.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2010. .
Cole - Period 9 - Harriet Tubman - Underground Railroad Worker April 26, 1856 Richmond, Virginia
Dear Diary, My name is Harriet Tubman and I am an escaped slave. I was born as Araminta Ross a slave in Dorchester County, Maryland in about the 1820’s. I worked as a house servant around age 5 and seven years later I worked in the fields. Later, I got into an accident and was seriously injured by blocking a doorway from an angry overseer trying to punish another slave and the overseer threw an iron weight at that slave, but missed and hit me in the head. Later when I was older I married a free slave named John Tubman, I took his last name and later changed my first name to Harriet after my mom.
I myself experience many challenges to have equality among all Americans, let alone my peers. Us slaves are beaten and treated unfairly by the overseers and others. We small one room houses with a few beds and that’s it. The only real way to overcome those challenges besides standing up to the government and having them ignore you, is to run away and escape to the north into Pennsylvania or past it.
In 1856, my capture was up to $40,000 from the south. I was walking today and I overheard some men reading my wanted poster, which said that I couldn’t read. Even though I could read, I quickly opened a book and pretended like I was reading it. I fooled them pretty good. Slavery doesn’t have equality because no one has equality if some people are forced to do things or are owned by somebody. The slaves deserve to be free because they are Americans and if there not Americans they live in America so they are citizens of America. As citizens of America the democratic government is supposed to establish equality among Americans. Additionally, equality belongs to the slaves too; they should have equality among all Americans.
Works Cited “Africans in America.” PBS Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2010. .
“Harriet Tubman.” American Civil War. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Mar. 2010. .
“Harriet Tubman.” Women in History. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Jan. 2010. Web. 23 Mar. 2010. .
“The Life of Harriet Tubman.” New York History Net. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2010. .
Nick/ Period 4/ Harriet Tubman/ Underground-Worker
ReplyDeleteAugust 25, 1849
Between Preston and Harmony, Maryland
I decided that I'm running away, heading north towards Philadelphia where I’ll be free. Even though I was born into slavery in Maryland, I am no different than anybody else. I want the same rights as the people who keep me in slavery. I always felt that, just because my skin is darker, I should not have to serve people who abuse me. I especially felt this when I was twelve and my master hit me in the head with a heavy iron weight. I was unconscious for days but I survived. I still have seizures from that day. It was at that moment I knew I was going to run away.
I asked my husband John, and my brothers to come with me. John outright refused and said there was no reason to move North. I wanted to be free from the chance that one of us may be sold and split apart. He was too afraid of being killed, but I’m still going, I’m not afraid, I rather be dead than enslaved. My brothers started the trip with me. They knew that I got some information from a kindly white neighbor who told me how to find the first house on the path to freedom. At the first house, I got in a wagon, covered with a sack, and drove quietly, following the North Star in the sky to guide us to freedom. My brothers wouldn’t get in the wagon, afraid of being killed, but I’m still going, nothing is going to hold me back from freedom. We are heading towards the Mason Dixon line, towards Philadelphia where I can be free to work and make my own money. I have never known this type of life. I know that I deserve freedom and I am so blessed that I have some white people who believe that I deserve the same kind of freedoms they have. They are helping me and I want to do the same thing when I reach freedom. I want all of my family to be free. I don’t understand why the people in the south want to enslave us, they are cruel and unjust. God made all of us equal and I know that no matter what the color of your skin, everyone deserves equal rights. I will make sure that someday we will all have freedom.
The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution it is states that “all men are created equal and that all men are endowed by their creator certain inalienable rights” and that it is the government’s job to protect these rights and “establish justice” for all men. It is not just the way my people have been treated. I heard that in Kentucky there has been talk of emancipation and the evils of slavery. I know that many American’s agree that we are American’s, despite our position in life and that we should all have the same unalienable rights as stated in the constitution, “among these are Life, Liberty and The pursuit of Happiness. I want to make sure that all of my people have opportunity. I will make sure to come back and help those who are enslaved escape. I will find a way to help set them free.
Works Cited
JSTOR, ITHAKA, and Clement Eaton. “Notes and Documents.” www.jstor.org. N.p., 2000-2010. Web. 24 Mar. 2010. .
Library of Congress. “Harriet Tubman Runaway Slave Underground Railroad Conductor.” americancivilwar.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2010. .
Listed on 7th-10th, Page. “Harriet Ross Tubman (1819-1913) timeline.” www.math.buffalo.edu. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2010. .
New York History Net. “The Life of Harriet Tubman - New York History Net.” nyhistory.com. N.p., 20 Feb. 2008. Web. 24 Mar. 2010. .
Stein, Jess, and Laurence Urdang. The Random House Dictionary of the English Language. New York: Random House, INC., 1967,1966. Print.
Thinkquest.org. library.thinkquest.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2010. .
Www.civilwarhome.com. “Harriet Tubman Biography Page.” www.civilwarhome.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2010. .
Cole - Period 9 - Harriet Tubman - Underground Railroad Worker
ReplyDeleteApril 26, 1856
Richmond, Virginia
Dear Diary,
My name is Harriet Tubman and I am an escaped slave. I was born as Araminta Ross a slave in Dorchester County, Maryland in about the 1820’s. I worked as a house servant around age 5 and seven years later I worked in the fields. Later, I got into an accident and was seriously injured by blocking a doorway from an angry overseer trying to punish another slave and the overseer threw an iron weight at that slave, but missed and hit me in the head. Later when I was older I married a free slave named John Tubman, I took his last name and later changed my first name to Harriet after my mom.
I myself experience many challenges to have equality among all Americans, let alone my peers. Us slaves are beaten and treated unfairly by the overseers and others. We small one room houses with a few beds and that’s it. The only real way to overcome those challenges besides standing up to the government and having them ignore you, is to run away and escape to the north into Pennsylvania or past it.
In 1856, my capture was up to $40,000 from the south. I was walking today and I overheard some men reading my wanted poster, which said that I couldn’t read. Even though I could read, I quickly opened a book and pretended like I was reading it. I fooled them pretty good. Slavery doesn’t have equality because no one has equality if some people are forced to do things or are owned by somebody. The slaves deserve to be free because they are Americans and if there not Americans they live in America so they are citizens of America. As citizens of America the democratic government is supposed to establish equality among Americans. Additionally, equality belongs to the slaves too; they should have equality among all Americans.
Works Cited
“Africans in America.” PBS Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2010. .
“Harriet Tubman.” American Civil War. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Mar. 2010. .
“Harriet Tubman.” Women in History. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Jan. 2010. Web. 23 Mar. 2010. .
“The Life of Harriet Tubman.” New York History Net. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2010. .
Sahlman, Rachel. “Harriet Tubman.” Spectrum Biographies. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Mar. 2010. .