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Scholastic Technology: Instant Internet Activities Folder: Harriet Tubman & the Underground Railroad
1,800 words, approx. 6 pages
A complete lesson plan by Scholastic Teaching Resources. For Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8. This lesson plan is sold separately and is not included with any subscription or study pack.
Scholastic Technology: Instant Internet Activities Folder: Harriet Tubman & the Underground Railroad (Enhanced eBook)
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A complete lesson plan by Scholastic Teaching Resources. For Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8. This lesson plan is sold separately and is not included with any subscription or study pack.


Biography

Name: Harriet Ross Tubman
Birth Date: c. 1820
Death Date: March 10, 1913
Place of Birth: Dorchester County, Maryland, United States
Place of Death: Auburn, New York, United States
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female
Occupations: abolitionist

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Biography of Harriet Ross Tubman
399 words, approx. 1 pages
Harriet Ross Tubman (ca. 1820-1913) was a black American who, as an agent for the Underground Railroad, a clandestine escape route used to smuggle slaves to freedom in the North and Canada, helped hundreds flee captivity. Born in Dorchester County,...


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Harriet Tubman Quotes
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Harriet Tubman (c. 1822 - 10 March 1913 ), also known as Black Moses , was an African-American abolitionist. An escaped slave, she worked as a farmhand, lumberjack, laundress, cook, refugee organizer, raid leader, intelligence gatherer, nurse, healer,...


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Tubman, Harriet Summary
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(b. ca. 1820; d. March 10, 1913) Former slave and conductor on the Underground Railroad, Civil War nurse and spy. Harriet Tubman, heroine of the Underground Railroad, personally escorted as many as seventy or eighty former slaves to freedom in the...
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Harriet Tubman Summary
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Born 1820 or 1821 Dorchester County, Maryland Died March 10, 1913 Auburn, New York Escaped slave who became a leader of the Underground Railroad Risked her life in order to guide hundreds of slaves to freedom in the North "There was one of two...
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Harriet Tubman Summary
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Harriet Tubman Born 1820 or 1821 Dorchester County, Maryland Died March 10, 1913 Auburn, New York Fugitive slave, abolitionist, Underground Railroad conductor, and Union army spy Harriet Tubman, an escaped slave, was the most famous of all...
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Tubman, Harriet Summary
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Born c. 1820 Dorchester County, Maryland Died March 10, 1913 Auburn, New York African American abolitionist who helped slaves emigrate from the United States to freedom in Canada using the Underground...
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Harriet Tubman Information
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Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c. 1820 – 10 March 1913) was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the U.S. Civil War. After escaping from captivity, she made thirteen missions to rescue some seventy slaves using the...


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In Honor of Harriet Tubman.
01/01/2000: 731 words, approx. 2 pages
One way we honor heroes is through poetry. In "Harriet Tubman" (see the poster on pages 43-44), poet Eloise Greenfield honors the African-American hero who escaped slavery, then risked her life repeatedly to help more than 300 slaves reach freedom. As a "conductor"...
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
On board for Harriet Tubman
02/08/2004: 645 words, approx. 2 pages
On board for Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad By JOHN FREEMAN Special to the Journal Sentinel Sunday, February 8, 2004 Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom. By Catherine Clinton. Little, Brown. 272 pages. $27.95. A friend described her as "one of...
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AP News
Clinton says her Southern twang a virtue
4/27/2007: 250 words, approx. 1 pages
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she sees her sometimes Southern accent as a virtue."I think America is ready for a multilingual president," Clinton said during a campaign stop at a charter school in Greenville, S.C.The New York senator _ who said she's...
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Clinton's headin' south, will drawl?
4/26/2007: 570 words, approx. 2 pages
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is heading south and the question is: Will she use her occasional Dixie drawl?The New York senator added a Southern lilt to her voice last week when addressing a civil rights group headed by the Rev. Al Sharpton. On...
 


Criticism and Essays
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Harriet Tubman's Life
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Harriet Tubman was awarded many honors, including the naming of the Liberty Ship Harriet Tubman; on July 14, 1914, a large plaque in her honor, was set in the Cayuga County Courthouse, in 1944, Eleanor Roosevelt christened her. March 10, was declared the national day to honor Harriet Tubman. In the summer of 1994, Freedom Park opened in honor of her. In 1995, the government honored Harriet with a remembrance stamp, which contained her name and picture, later that year, 100 students protested at the Auburn H


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