présentation Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman

a woman activist

By Zoé Prohom, Jahia Mu Dupros, Jade Rasio

summary

Her escape

Presentation

Her activities

Her story

Map

Civil War

Her tribute

Her Origins

Thanks

Her youth

Presentation

She was an American activist in favor of the abolition of slavery of African-Americans , then anti-racist and feminist activist !

Harriet Tubman

Her Story :

• She born between 1820-25.

• She died on March 10, 1913.

• She was a slaves, helped many slaves to escape.

• She was called Grandmother Moses.

• She participated in the Civil War.

• After the abolition of slavery, she fight for the women's suffrage.

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Family origins :

• Tubman's grandmother, arrived in the United States on a slave ship from Africa.

• His mother was a cook for the Brodess family.

• His father supervised the woodworking on the plantation.

• The slavery system separated families, she was distancing of her parents and sisters.

Her youth :

• At the age of five or six, she was leased to "Miss Susan".

• She suffered a lot of violence and segregation because of her skin color.

• She had been epileptic seizures.

• When she was a young adult, she took the first name Harriet, probably in honor of her mother.

• Around 1844 she married John Tubman, a free man.

Her escape :

• In 1849, she was sick and her master tries to sell it.

• Scarredto being sold, she escapes a first time September 1849 with her brothers.

• Soon after, she escaped again, ths time without her two brothers.

• Her was assisted by the Underground Railoard.

Abolitionist activities

• Immediately after reaching the city of Philadelphia, she found odd jobs and started saving money.

• In December, Tubman received news alerting her to the sale of her niece.

• She voluntarily returned to the land of her enslavement.

• In the fall of 1851, Tubman returned to Dorchestershire, this time to reunite with her husband John.

• She later managed to bring her four brothers back to safety, but failed to rescue her sister.

• In all, she personally guided approximately seventy slaves to freedom. She also gave instructions to many others.

Civil War :

• She became an important figure in her camp.

• She served as a cook and nurse, preparing remedies and helping soldiers who suffered from dysentery.

• After the war, Harriet Tubman became an activist for African American and women's rights.

• A book of hers published in 18690.

• She died there in 1913 of pneumonia.

Harriet Tubman

Tribute :

The most famous are :

• Harriet Tubman Day : March 10, 1990.

• An asteroid discovered in 2010 is named Tubman.

• She is enshrined in the National Women's Hall of Fame.

• A memorial is built in Maryland, the "Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument.

Artistic representation :

Musical productions :

Harriet Tubman Band

Film Production:

Jordan Phillipe

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